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Summary: A very interesting and suspenseful book!
Review: The Golden Compass is one of the only books that I could not put down! I've already read it 3 times! I love how Lyra's world is so like our world, but in so many ways it is much different. I also love how the end makes you so eager to read the sequel. Also, so much happens that there's never any parts that just drag along. I highly recommend this book to any fantasy lovers.
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Summary: Read this book!
Review: First of all, I have to say that even though at a glance this book looks like a kid's book, it is wonderful for all ages. I read The Golden Compass last year when I was in the sixth grade and I couldn't put it down, and then I made my mom read it, too. She didn't love it as much as I did, but she did like it a lot. This book is a beautiful adventure story, but it isn't just the regular good-vs.-evil-and-good-always-wins kind of adventure story. The plot is deep and the characters, though so well defined they're real to the reader, continuosly present surprises and things don't turn out the way out think they will. Maybe when you first pick up this book you won't see what all the fuss is about. Keep reading!! This book, along with The Subtle Knife, has made me laugh, cry, and just about burst with anger in the same chapter. I'm almost positive you will love this book, no matter how old you are, and the sequel, unlike some other sequels, is just as good as the first. So read this book!
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Summary: This is the kind of book that changes your life
Review: I stumbled on a review of The Golden Compass a while back in the NYTs and it was laudatory and so I bought it. I read it by myself and now am in the middle of reading it out loud with my children for the second time. It is truely a beautiful spell binding fantasy with lavish details about our world and parallel worlds and questions concerning the nature of human consciousness, the roots of good and evil, duty and responsiblity and so on. These philosophical queries are set in an incredible adventure story filled with wonderful and inspiring heroes described in beautiful English. Some of our favorites are a brilliant, brave and beautiful witch called Serafina Pekkala and a noble warrior polar bear, Iorek Byrnison. I hope you enjoy this wonderful fantasy as much as we continue to do.
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Summary: 5 Stars!
Review: Oh my GOD! This is one of the best fantasy books I have ever read! That is pretty good because I have read some pretty amazing fantasies. For example: The Hobbit, The Fellowship of the Rings, two OUTSTANDING Books. I would put this book right up there!
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Summary: This was an excellent book!
Review: This was my favorite book I've ever read. Philip Pullman uses extremely vivid words to create an awesome word-picture. Many of my friends read his books too. I am not comletely done with the sequel, but it is very good so far.
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Summary: The Best book I've ever read
Review: "A mixture of suspense, action and fantasy all bound together to make the perfect read. A must for all."
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Summary: The Golden Compass is a disgrace to modern literature.
Review: "The Golden Compass" is one of those books that you have to force yourself to read all the way through. It is a complete disgrace. There is no laughter, no worth-while action, no nothing. Philip Pullman has now totally proved himself to be a moron. It is the story of a college girl in another world who wants to go to the North pole. Apparently there is some kind of portal to different worlds there. Along the way there she teams up(and fights with) a bunch of sordid characters who are never described thoroughly enough to be interesting. That makes me angry. I wasted my money on that piece of trash. I mean, the plot practically goes nowhere, the characters are pathetic, and Pullman just can't write a good story. Period. Don't buy this book. I am not saying it beacause I have a personal problem with this guy, I am just saying it for your own good. Read this book and you will waste your money, time, and life. Philip Pullman's sequel to "The Golden Compass" also disgusts me.
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Summary: A Book for Adults Too!
Review: I notice there a lot of reviews of this book from children - that's great but I think if classifying it as "Children's Literature" means that some adults will miss it that'd be a real shame. Of course its a fantastic adventure but its also got a lot to say about the soul, and religion and the relationships between adults and children. I'm no great fantasy fan - I liked Lord of The Rings as a teenager and a touch of Clive Barker but found little else in the fantasy genre that wasn't derivative and poorly written. This is up there with the greats a Fantasy for everyone - perhaps the best, most all encompassing, most profound and most imaginative epic fantasy story since Lord of The Rings. You must read it.
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Summary: Wow!
Review: This book was very good. It's intricate plot and twists has landed the book in my top 5. I must admit that I thought this book would be for kids at first because the heroine, Lyra, was only about 10. Boy, was I ever wrong. I read the sequal, The Subtle Knife, and I thought that was very good as well.
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Summary: This was the most suspenseful book I've ever read!!!
Review: I gave The Golden Compass 5 stars because it was very descriptive, it pulled me in, there was SO much suspense, and it was a great fantasy!! It was the most exciting and suspenseful book I've ever read!! It's about a girl named Lyra who has a daemon named Pantalaimon. (A daemon is an animal who everyone in her world is born with.) Children in her town are getting captured by the Gobblers, including her friend Roger. (The Gobblers are people who kidnap children to use in experiments.) As soon as Lord Asriel hands her an alethiometer, (an alethiometer is sort of like a compass.) she is in danger. Lyra heads North to find Roger and to figure out what it is that the Gobblers do to the children. She runs into many people and animals along the way and learns more about herself. Lyra finally finds the Gobblers and Roger and sets all the children free. She climbs into a balloon with her friends and they travel to another place. The balloon crashes and she is captured by the polar bear king. There is a fight for the throne and for her. Later, she find Lord Asriel in the cellar. Lord Asriel captures Roger and runs away. Will Lyra rescue Roger? What is Lord Asriel doing with Roger? What will happen in the end? To find out, READ THIS BOOK!! If you love books with much suspense and action, you will love this book!! I highly recommend it!!
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