A review by kitdunsmore
The Ruby in the Smoke by Philip Pullman

3.0

My rating is actually a 3.5. I wanted to like this book more than I did. Lots of characters and lots happening, but I can't help thinking that things were more convoluted and outrageous than they needed to be. Perhaps that was the point and I am just being obtuse. It's a setting I love (Victorian-era London) and a clever parallel between the beginning and ending of the book raised my opinion of it at the last moment.