His Dark Materials Trilogy - Philip Pullman
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From:
sallyjaygorce
on 16-Mar-10 16:58
Overall rating 1.0
Whhops - actually not good. Started well but dragged on and on and on and on......
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sallyjaygorce
on 16-Mar-10 16:57
Overall rating 2.0
Good but derivative. Incredibly overlong and tedious bit about the wheely things - only bothered to keep ploughing on because my brother gave the trilogy to me and raved about it. Most friends adore it and girls named Lyra popping up everywhere. But his was the most disappointing and overrated book I have ever read, apart from Captain Corelli - awful. Wanted so much to love it but thought everyone who likes it must have been brainwashed. The 'People's Heaven' bit was the final straw. Was it edited by Tony Blair?
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KProsser
on 16-Apr-09 22:17
Overall rating 8.0
Could not put it down, read all three in a week and cried at the end. fantastic!
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Anon
on 21-Nov-08 22:28
Overall rating 10.0
Classics of the future. When I read these books I immediately thought of the pleasure my kids would get from them in years to come. Wonderful depth of imagination. These books can be enjoyed as adventures in their own right for younger children but also contain fairly dark themes for more mature readers. It's an overused description in book reviews, but this trilogy truly is a masterpiece.
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tigermoth
on 13-Aug-08 08:45
Overall rating 8.0
These three novels are a better read for adults than even the Harry Potter books in my opinion. Overall, I prefer the first book - The Golden Compass - but I am so glad I read them all.
The adventure is gripping and thoughtfully written with lots of ideas to mull over.
I know these books are aimed at children, but I think the subtleties of the story and its description of growing up, is more suited to secondary school ages.
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