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A review by eesh25
The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman
4.0
I've been subconsciously avoiding this book for a few years. It's for a dumb reason too. Basically, the cover of this book reminded me of The Polar Express and that movie creeped me the fuck out as a child. But having finally read it, I quite liked it.
There's some great world-building here. I was iffy about Lyra as a protagonist at first but she really grew on me. There were a lot of characters, and I did not keep track of them, but I liked most of them. The audio production was fantastic, and... honestly, the book kinda took me by surprise with the magic and the politics and the story overall. The ending was great and got me hyped for the rest of the series.
In the end, I'm glad I got over my childhood bias enough to give this book a shot. Though I still maintain that The Polar Express is creppy and shouldn't be shown to children.
There's some great world-building here. I was iffy about Lyra as a protagonist at first but she really grew on me. There were a lot of characters, and I did not keep track of them, but I liked most of them. The audio production was fantastic, and... honestly, the book kinda took me by surprise with the magic and the politics and the story overall. The ending was great and got me hyped for the rest of the series.
In the end, I'm glad I got over my childhood bias enough to give this book a shot. Though I still maintain that The Polar Express is creppy and shouldn't be shown to children.