A review by nicoleisalwaysreading
The Amber Spyglass by Philip Pullman

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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