READ BARTIMAEUS

artemistheartist:

I’m listening to the Bartimaeus audio books at work this week, and it’s incredibly scary listening to them and comparing them to current politics. I’ve loved this book series my whole life, and known the messages it sends, but today they hit home harder than I can ever remember.

If you want a book that talks about authoritarian regimes, read Bartimaeus

If you want a book that talks about slavery, read Bartimaeus

If you want a book about systemic oppression, read Bartimaeus

If you want a book with a strong female character fighting in a resistance movement against the government, read bartimaeus

If you want a book that shows a white boy coming to terms with his privilege, and his own crimes within society, WITHOUT LETTING HIM OFF THE HOOK, Read Bartimaeus 

(it doesn’t make excuses for him, it’s him making excuses and by end of book three he’s like “oh shit i’m a jerk”)

If you want a book with an agender main character, read bartimaeus (although pronouns are he/him, bart clearly states that man or women doesn’t matter. he shape shifts)

If you want a book that confronts and points out slur usage, read Bartimaeus (the word Demon is a slur for spirits, and considered very insulting. Bart consistently points this out to Nathaniel and asks him to stop saying it)

If you want a swash-buckling djinn who is sarcastic/rude to his white boy ™ master, read Bartimaeus.

And seriously, its funny as fuck. This is the book that taught me what footnotes were, and their only uses in the story are to 1) tell hillarious history lessons and 2) insult everyone including the reader.