Reviews

His Dark Materials: The Subtle Knife by Philip Pullman

tbooth's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

Thought it had really good pacing up until the last few chapters where everything just seemed very over explained and drawn out . But it was a good story overall and kept interesting by going through the different Povs in the different worlds

bespectacled's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

3.5

sephy1105's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.25

sirloyne's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

felissadee's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.5

amallard's review against another edition

2.75

This book is not magic why did he do this.

harlaw's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

nickiitay's review against another edition

2.0

There is way too much going on; daemons, angels, zombi’s, witches, specter’s, compasses, world hopping, dark matter, to the point where I don’t even know what’s happening to be honest. I would substitute the entire world hopping plot just to bring back the armoured bear.

A curse on my sister for buying me these books for Christmas and making me read them.

greyemk's review against another edition

3.75

This is the kind of book that I love while reading it and then when I start thinking about it more I notice things with the structure/worldbuilding/etc that I take issue with. I did find the lore here very confusing, and I kept wondering why he didn’t keep the POV with Will and Lyra and have the other characters fill them in when they met again

(it because they died)

. However I’m still definitely going to finish the series as I’m having fun. The main characters are lovely and fun and I’m super here for the rest of their adventure

kcrouth's review against another edition

4.0

Excellent! i'm hooked. on to book 3, The Amber Spyglass