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Summary: His dark materials series
Review: The Best series I have ever read!!!! I would recommend it to everyone. Stunningly written!!!!!!
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Summary: Stunning
Review: This book was, in a word, awesome. Stunning depth and detail to the story. Mr. Pullman really creates a strong, deep, and colorful world with this one, and yet you are still free to use your imagination, unlike other authors who tell you every little detail and leave no room for your own imagination to play a role. Bravo!
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Summary: A Book to Remember
Review: This is a wonderful and insiring book. I could not put it down. I probably finished it in two to three days becuase I had to find out what happened next. The book is filled with beauty, adventure, heartbreak, and furry. I loved every minute of it! From the surprise to almost crying in fear and frustration. I hope that the next book THE SUBTLE KNIFE is just as adnveturouse and beautiful as the last.
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Summary: An amazing beginning to the series, can't wait to finish it!
Review: I can't find words to explain how much I liked this book. The way Pullman builds up a relationship between the reader and Lyra is simply amazing. He not only makes us care for Lyra and her daemon Pantalaimon as individuals...he creates a genuine concern for the two as one entity. In this world, it seems that the human soul is incarnated in creatures called daemons, yet they are also seperate beings. At this point in the series, I can't quite tell what the symbolism is behind the plot, but hopefully it will become clearer in the other two books in the series. I can't wait to read the other two!One reccomendation: get all three books at once, so you don't end up like I did, finishing the book late at night, and having to wait until morning to know what happens next!
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Summary: A Classic for young adult and "older" adult!
Review: My daughter received the trilogy of His Dark Materials for her ninth birthday. Glancing at the first, The Golden Compass, I decided to give the first few pages a quick read to gauge her ability to comprehend what appeared to me to be beyond her years.
I quickly ascertained that in fact my daughter had a few more years before she could fully comprehend and appreciate the series. I on the other hand, well beyond the Young Adult stage for which this book was targeted, could not put The Golden Compass down. In short, after burning through all three books in the span of a week, I have safely stored these books as future classics to be savored by my two girls when they're slightly older. My favorite book was The Golden Compass. It was definitely a superlative read!
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Summary: THE BEST ONE OUT OF THE THREE
Review: I love this book and the other two in the trilogy. I think this one is the best though. It has tons of adventure and all the suspense you could ask for. Everytime you think something terrible is going to happen Pullman surprises you with something completly different. You will fall in love with the main character, Lyra with her adveturous, kinda spunky additude. She is always will to push on. You are gaurented to read this book over and over!
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Summary: Fantastic
Review: The first time I read this book was for school during independent reading. I didn't have a bookmark, so I kept getting lost and couldn't find my page. Even then, it was confusing but interesting. However, the book is much better if you have a bookmark, because then you can capture every thrilling infinitesimal detail. The beginning is worthwhile, if not particularly exciting, but the middle is excellent. Every move the main character, Lyra, makes, has an impact on the storyline...
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Summary: fairy tale for adults and children
Review: This is the compelling story of a young girl, Lyra Belacqua, and her closest companion, her daemon, who embark on a hero's quest to rescue a friend and discover the world without and within. As with all heroes, her odyssey takes her to strange lands and through many perils. She journeys from the staid halls of academe in Oxford to the glittering frozen tundra of the North Pole. Exotic enemies and allies abound. She fights her way through a maze of mystery and lies, with the device of the title as her guide. This is a fairy tale for adults and children alike, which speaks to the heart on many levels. And as with all fairy tales it prompts us to think about what is truly real. You will not want to put it down once you start and you'll be sorry when it is ended. You'll also want a daemon of your own. READ: ALL of 'His dark materials series' and The Price of Immortality, all AWESOME BOOKS!
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Summary: Great Fun for Adult Fantasy/Sci-Fi Addicts
Review: The Golden Compass is a great book, opening your eyes to a slightly different realm and a marvelously adventurous young girl. Join her on her quest accompanied by her daemon Pantalaimon, witches, gypsies, a hot-air balloon, and a fighting "Polar" bear. Like most good stories this one starts immediately with intrigue and a poisoning. From there Lyra is cast into a life that will leave her forever changed, but ultimately smarter, quicker, and stronger.
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Summary: Something to remember
Review: This book is great! I like Harry Potter but this is closer to the Earthsea or Lord of the Rings books in its complexity and will appeal to older readers. It was one of those books you never want to end. I was glad to find that it was a trilogy so it didn't have to end so soon but I was sorry there were only three books! It has some violent and adult content that would make some people say that it's not appropriate for young children but I don't think it's any worse than what all but the most selective parents let their children see on TV.
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