10.4k reviews for:

Северное сияние

Филип Пулман, Philip Pullman

4.07 AVERAGE

arbacz's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous emotional reflective fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

nikemedina's review against another edition

DID NOT FINISH: 36%

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I was just really bored with it and didn’t care for the girl

abeebeewhyy's review against another edition

5.0

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A favorite from my childhood. Hadn’t re-read in almost 10 years. Still loved it just as much.

spacecurl's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

book_lover101's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

stegosanrus's review against another edition

3.75

adventurous hopeful mysterious reflective 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: No

rothiri's review against another edition

3.0

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In the movie they left out several things from the books, the obvious being the adults (Mrs Coulter and Lord Asriel being very bad people. People probably took the Magesterium as being like the Catholic Church (all powerful an what they say is law), and having Daemons instead of Souls as being anti-religious. Find, I found the plot slow in many plots and sometimes tedious and the characters a bit 2-dimensional - not really an impressive story. Ever so often the characters had to stop for some reason and explain things in long speeches which was tiring. I will get around to reading the other books later to see how things on fold.

rachelabradford's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous dark mysterious

tdhgr's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous dark mysterious tense 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: No

jedabooks's review against another edition

2.0

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I personally did not appreaciate this book very much and recently I have learned that the rest get worse.