A review by savaging
The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman

5.0

I resisted reading these books for a long time. Because I don't like plot-driven books, and I especially don't like plot-driven young adult books, and also people love these stories so deeply that I thought something fundamental would change in our relationship if I read them and said 'meh.'

But also, every time I let slip that I'm a bit of a maltheist, people would ask if I had read this trilogy, which piqued my curiosity.

So yes: your pestering worked, and yes: you are all right, this is just the best.