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A review by calledplainkate
The Shadow in the North by Philip Pullman
4.0
Well, I was greatly disappointed with one of the events that takes place in this novel, but someday I'll get over it.
I will say that there were several really awesome turns of phrase in this book, enough that I marked them to laugh over them later.
"She took the fish out of her mouth again, looked at him steadily for a moment, and then released a flood of the filthiest, richest, ripest, fruitiest, foulest language Jim had ever heard. It went on for an uninterrupted two minutes and a half, without repetition. He, his face, his manners, his ancestry, his clothes, and his mind were compared unfavorably to parts of his body, to parts of other people's bodies, to parts of animals' bodies, to the stink arising from dead fish, to boils, to intestinal wind, and to several other unpleasantnesses."
"Shut yer gob-boxes, the pair of you."
"At your best, you're magnificent, and I loved you for it. At your worst you're nothing but a smooth, self-righteous, patronizing bitch." Harsh for a kid's book!
Sex too?!? I better make sure that this isn't in our j fiction section! "He laughed. She bit his nose."
A bit racy this one and I do believe that Mr. Pullman may have forgotten some of the social niceties of the time he's writing about, but then again Sally is supposed to be a bit ahead of her time.
I will say that there were several really awesome turns of phrase in this book, enough that I marked them to laugh over them later.
"She took the fish out of her mouth again, looked at him steadily for a moment, and then released a flood of the filthiest, richest, ripest, fruitiest, foulest language Jim had ever heard. It went on for an uninterrupted two minutes and a half, without repetition. He, his face, his manners, his ancestry, his clothes, and his mind were compared unfavorably to parts of his body, to parts of other people's bodies, to parts of animals' bodies, to the stink arising from dead fish, to boils, to intestinal wind, and to several other unpleasantnesses."
"Shut yer gob-boxes, the pair of you."
"At your best, you're magnificent, and I loved you for it. At your worst you're nothing but a smooth, self-righteous, patronizing bitch." Harsh for a kid's book!
Sex too?!? I better make sure that this isn't in our j fiction section! "He laughed. She bit his nose."
A bit racy this one and I do believe that Mr. Pullman may have forgotten some of the social niceties of the time he's writing about, but then again Sally is supposed to be a bit ahead of her time.