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davidestevens's avatar

Completely agree about this series, and the wonderful array of voices to imitate! Have you tried reading “wee free men” (Terry Pratchett) aloud? Lots of great accents to get completely wrong!

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Abraham Ash's avatar

Was a massive fan of the trilogy lol

Was impressed at how much Jewish lore Stroud picked up on, I imagine most readers missed most of the references

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eurydice's avatar

I'm positive I did; the second book is I believe *the* reason I'm aware that golems are Jewish folklore rather than a generalized fantasy element.

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Abraham Ash's avatar

A ton of the King Solomon stuff is based on pretty ancient lore

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Peter Banks's avatar

I also love this book!

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Gnocchic Apocryphon's avatar

One of the only YA type books I think is worth reading, great review

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