This volume concludes the trilogy quite satisfactorily, winding up the threads and providing excellent closure -- just as a final volume should! The books are redeemed (if I'd stopped with #1 I would have been a hater, I admit it). The ending gave me some FEELINGS, you know, thoughts and considerations, too. Nathaniel's general prickishness is redeemed in the way that (retroactively) seems the only possible way it could have been. Kitty's character is much improved. And Bartimaeus remains a delight. Recommended!