January Book Report, Pt. 2

Now I have finished the book Children of the Lamp: The Akhenaten Adventure. At the end, John and Phillipa have changed a lot. Like a ton. The biggest difference is that they actually know they're djinn, and can use their powers now, but there's some other changes I noticed too.
This time we'll start with Phillipa, since we started with John last time. Her other noticeable change has been from being the shy little braniac nerd girl into being, for lack of better words, more normal. She's still smart (nothing wrong with that), but she is now more outgoing, which (in books) generally seems to happen after a cross-continent adventure, dealing with evil. She also has a better understanding of the world of good and bad luck, and good and evil. Smart as she is, she deals with the temptation to create bad luck, which causes evil, and handles the temptation with ease, not even giving it a second thought.
John isn't quite as firm on the last point, dealing with good and evil, but he still realizes that good is the better side to be on, after wavering a little bit when Iblis, one of the most evil djinn of the time, tries to convince him otherwise. Another change for John is to start seeing the big picture a little more clearly. In the beginning, his world is mostly concerned with what makes him happy. But towards the end, he starts to think more about how actions have consequences on not just him, but also the world, and the homeostasis, the balance of good and bad luck, which is the central thing they try to protect during the entire book.
A change that isn't quite as noticeable is how they see djinn and wishes in the world. When John and Phillipa first learn they're both djinn, (yes, djinn is both singular and plural) they both are excited and think of all the things they can do, like granting wishes, erasing zits, and so on. But when they come towards the end of the book, being djinn doesn't sound as glamorous. A big reason is that every time you use power, your life force lowers a little, which basically means every time you use powers shortens your life slightly. But the big thing they learn about wishes is the power of them and the disastrous results they can cause. Mr. Groanin, who has only one arm and has one wish of his three left, mutters and never uses the word "wish" lest he would actually wish. He uses the last one to save Nimrod, and says, "Whew, that was a huge burden." So this man went his whole life with a wish, and it almost ruined his life, the worry he might accidently waste it. A very depressing thought.