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The Golden Compass

Philip Pullman

4.07 AVERAGE

adventurous mysterious medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: No
adventurous mysterious medium-paced
Loveable characters: Yes
adventurous emotional hopeful reflective fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
adventurous emotional tense
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
adventurous challenging dark emotional 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

29-07-2019
I read this a long time ago and remember absolutely loving it. I'm going to listen to the audiobook in anticipation of the episodes the Girls Gone Canon podcast will devote to this series. Looking forward to reliving this one!

Great YA fantasy. Loved the character of Lyra, Iorek, and all the gyptians. Looking forward to The Subtle Knife.
emotional medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
adventurous dark mysterious fast-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

Rating: 3.5 stars

Phillip Pullman is a renowned writer and I am not at all calling into question his skill into spinning a story or his way with words.

I enjoyed the premise of the work but I did find myself having to flick back to the glossary to find the meaning of some of the more older words.

I will likely read book 2 and 3 though