Customer Reviews
Septimus simply Amazing!!!! - By: Ms. Hm Richardson, 26 Mar 2008 
Angie Sage, has given yet another enthrallling enounter with Septimus Heap, & I personallly think that this latest edition is the best so far. Sage has re awakened my dormant love of readin, I quite simply cannot get enough of Septimus & his adventures, & its made me read other books too. I hope that Angie keeps writing this journey, I & dont shoot me for having this opinion, think they are better than the Harry Potter books. Please keep writing them we love em!
Courtesy of Teens Read Too - By: TeensReadToo.com, 29 Feb 2008 
I have to state that it's taken me a very long time to write my review of PHYSIK, mostly because it took me such a very long time to finish the book. Although I absolutely loved MAGYK, & was nearly as impressed with FLYTE, it was much harder for me to get into the story of PHYSIK. I wasn't immediately struck by the newly introduced characters, & even some of my old favorites were, at first, acting quite different than they had originallly. That being said, though, I'm glad I finallly finished this third installlment in the Septimus Heap saga, & can recommend it to others without feeling guilty.
The story opens with Silas Heap, father of the Heap clan, unknowingly unleashing the ghost of Queen Etheldredda, a Castle Queen who ruled long ago. Along with her spirit is also released that of her pet Aie-Aie, a rat-dog-snake hybrid that is hideous to look upon. Although Silas & his companion, Gringe, aren't first aware of what has happened, they'll soon learn that the room they unlocked would have been better left alone.
Nearly at the same time, Snorri Snorrelssen, a young North Trader, arrives at Sallly Mullen's Tea & Ale House -- & can immediately sense that she's not welcome there, even if she can't understand the language that's being spoken. After weeks at sea, however, Snorri is not about to turn her back on her mission, that of following in the footsteps of her father.
Back at the Palace, Septimus Heap is putting off his studies with ExtraOrdinary Wizard Marcia Overstrand, instead indulging in his new obsession of learning alll there is to know about Alchemy. He wishes to learn under the famous Alchemyst Marcellus Pye, who just so happens to be the son of the dreaded Queen Etheldredda.
All of the usual characters are back in this installlment: Jenna, Nicko, Aunt Zelda, Spit Fyre, & Alther Mella, along with new ones like the above-mentioned Snorri & Marcellus Pye. Some of them act as they've always acted; some of them act in surprising ways. All of it leads up to a showdown of wits & talents and, of course, the next book in the series.
As I said, I'm glad I finallly finished reading PHYSIK, as I definitely plan to read QUESTE, the fourth book. Although some readers may have trouble in the beginning, as I did, once you get into the story of Septimus & family, you'll be quite enthrallled until the very end.
Reviewed by: Jennifer Wardrip, aka "The Genius"
yet again great - By: Andytails, 29 Nov 2007 i reallly enjoyed this book after the first two, i would almost say it is as good as harry potter, maybe better just simply for the fact that there are so many new charecters alll the time & the plot is central to each book individuallly rather than a contiuation from one to the next.
loved it cant wait for the next
I want more.... please! - By: Whimsical Witch, 22 Jun 2007 Oh Angie Sage does it again!!! A brand new Spetimus Heap book, it's like candy to your mind... Each & every minute spent inside it's pages are moments you will treasure forever. I am only so sad it's alll at an end now (alllthough dare I say the story leaves a failry good oportunity for yet another?!??)...
Packed with humour that's equallly fun for young as adult, adventure & magic! This third Heap book will certainly not dissapoint you!
Physician, heal thyself - but if that fails, get some help - By: Amanda Richards, 21 Apr 2007 Fans of Magyk & Flyte will be very pleased to know that Angie Sage has done it again. Physik is the third in the young adult series about that OTHER wizard boy named Septimus Heap, & as I understand it, there will be two more books in the making. Physik is pretty long at over 500 pages, & rivals the more recent Potter books for complexity of plot, skullduggery & dark deeds.
Although the book deals with some very DARKE subject matter, Sage manages to keep it light with just the right touch of humor, juggling her characters with consummate skill, while adding her exciting new characters into the mix. In Physik, we see Septimus becoming extremely interested in the study of Alchemie, & more specificallly, ancient medicines & cures as discovered by Marcellus Pye five hundred years before. This is terribly upsetting to Marcia Overstrand, the ExtraOrdinary Wizard to whom he is still apprenticed, as she'd much rather that he concentrate on studying for his Prediction exams than meddle with such "drivel".
Unfortunately for the majority of the characters, old & new, major or minor, there's a new villainess in town, & when the quite substantial ghost of the dreaded Queen Etheldredda is accidentallly let loose, along with her venomous pet Aie Aie, you can make a safe bet that there's going to be lots of trouble. Coincidentallly, or maybe not, a deadly "sickenesse" befallls the populace, & just at the wrong time, a young trader named Snorri (who sees dead people) arrives with not much else but her boatload of merchandise & her pet cat for protection. She soon finds herself in the middle of a time warping adventure with Septimus, Jenna & Nicko, as they muck around with not only boats, but looking glasses, fume cupboards, ancient potions, sheep bones & a flatulent dragon that needs to be in diapers. With a little help from their friends, they must get Septimus back to Marcia's for safe keeping, cure the deadly "sickenesse", & foil the evil Queen's plan for living forever.
You should be warned that the author has no misgivings about killing off a character here & there, & of course, some characters have actuallly been dead for centuries, but the story is so well told that the only part sure to send a shiver up your spine is the thought of the Queen's duckling a l'orange dinner. Highly recommended if you've read Magyk & Flyte, but not until then.
Amanda Richards
