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4.07 AVERAGE
4.07 AVERAGE
adventurous
challenging
emotional
inspiring
mysterious
tense
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:
No
After reading La Belle Sauvage first (and really enjoying it)–I was surprised by how much of an unsentimental jerk Lord Asriel was! Overall, really enjoyed this book and can't wait to finish the rest of the series for my thesis
adventurous
hopeful
mysterious
sad
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Love this series - always feels nice to come back to it, beautifully written and easy to read!
The book was slow for the longest time. But honestly, I was able to picture it so easily because I've seen the movie. And the movie adaptation is great and spot on for only the first half of the book. But by then I was hooked and had to keep reading. I can see why the last half of the book didn't really make it into the movie. The fights were very gory, casual talk about killing children, and a kinda sexual scene. All things, not appropriate for a classified "kids" movie. But it made an exceptional book. It was beautiful and heart-wrenching, though confusing at times. I definately understand why it is some people's favorite book!
adventurous
dark
emotional
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
I read this book shortly after it came out, when I was around 7 years old. At the time the grand metaphor escaped me, but I loved the way that Lyra's immediate world was drawn so clearly while the wider details of that society were far more murky. (If I'm honest, I wanted to be half as scrappy and adventurous as Lyra).
As an adult, re-reading it, the tantalising glimpses of complex society interested me more and more and I couldn't help feeling a little sad we were missing out on so much clearly interesting politics as we were limited by Lyra's view. That being said, I could appreciate the metaphor much more and I enjoyed it just as much as I had when I was seven. That speaks to a real gift of a book - to enjoy it in multiple ways over more than a decade and still enjoy it in the same way.
As an adult, re-reading it, the tantalising glimpses of complex society interested me more and more and I couldn't help feeling a little sad we were missing out on so much clearly interesting politics as we were limited by Lyra's view. That being said, I could appreciate the metaphor much more and I enjoyed it just as much as I had when I was seven. That speaks to a real gift of a book - to enjoy it in multiple ways over more than a decade and still enjoy it in the same way.
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
inspiring
mysterious
tense
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:
Yes
An all time classic
I LOVED this book. It is so beautifully written. I love the effortless way this world, so like ours and yet not, is described. I love the characters. I love how even though we live in a world where humans don’t have daemons (spirit animals connected to our souls) we can feel, and empathise with, the anguish and horror felt when a human soul is disconnected from its daemon. That is some seriously clever writing from Pullman. I have the trilogy in one book but decided to plow through a few others before continuing with book 2. I can’t wait to see what Lyra gets up to next though. She is one feisty, brave and yet so damn real little kid.
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
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:
Complicated