Reviews tagging 'Death'

The Amber Spyglass by Philip Pullman

38 reviews

nicoleisalwaysreading's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful mysterious reflective 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? Yes

3.75

this is an EXTREMELY chaotic book. I have no idea how they will ever adapt this into 7 or 8 episodes. I am not entirely sure if it fully made sense or delivered the payoff of epic proportions I expected but I will say the very ending, centered on the few heartbeats of the story, rang true and felt appropriately peaceful yet also post-apocalyptic. Finishing this book right now, in this moment, amongst fresh war and brokenness and feeling a lot of hopelessness or detachment was cathartic and escapist at the same time. Choosing a fictional chaos over a real one for a few hundred pages maybe

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, War, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Religious bigotry, and Grief

Moderate: Violence and Blood

mitsubachigirl's review against another edition

adventurous emotional medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Death of parent

Moderate: Religious bigotry

madisone's review against another edition

adventurous 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Injury/Injury detail

ok7a's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional slow-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? Yes

2.5

Not a bad book, mostly my fault. Read this at a bad time and in a hurry so I could barely understand anything anyway. Didn’t care about the adult POVs but Will and Lyra were great. Pacing was a bit too slow and that combined with POVs I didn’t care about made this tedious to read at times. Might re-read at a better time.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Death of parent

Minor: Suicide

sofiareadings's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

wiktoria88's review against another edition

adventurous emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Blood, and Violence

melancholymegs's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful sad 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Violence, and Xenophobia

Moderate: Blood and Grief

Minor: Mental illness

zombiezami's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Grief, and Suicide

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, and War

violaceae's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring 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? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Death, and Death of parent

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Blood

Minor: Religious bigotry, Confinement, and Child death

areadingstan's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad 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? It's complicated

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent, Death, Grief, and War