arostow 's review for:

The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman

5.0

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious tense 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: Complicated

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I am rereading the whole series ahead of the Rose Field coming out in October. I loved this book as a child and it still holds up all these years later. This is a true classic epic fantasy up there with TLOTR.