A review by angus_mckeogh
The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman

4.0

I've had this on my shelf for quite some time. I was very much interested in reading The Amber Spyglass based on it being the first children's novel considered for the Booker Prize. And logically to get to that book I should read the first two books in the series. Moreover, I'd previously read, The Ruby in the Smoke, which is the first book in the Sally Lockhart series, and I'd have to say it was much too juvenile for my tastes at this time (similar to A Series of Unfortunate Events in that respect) thus I was left unimpressed. However, His Dark Materials has much more gravitas in the topics it's broaching and the situations which take place. Furthermore I found it engaging and definitely left me looking forward to when I get to the next book in the series.