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Summary: A trilogy that no one should miss
Review: No praise is high enough for this fabulous series by Philip Pullman. I have read these books 4 times each so far, and each time I do, I am struck once again by the beauty of Pullman's writing, and captivated by each of the novels's (sp?) intense plot. Also, because there are so many fibers of meaning in each of his novels, I realize something new each time I read them again, like parts of a gigantic puzzle that I piece together. The fantasy worlds created by Pullman, which almost cannot be called fantasy because they are so like our own, are captivating enough so that the reader, or at least I, finds themselves there, with Lyra and Will, battling Specters and befriending witches and armored bears. I would be very surprised to find someone who didn't think highly of these books.
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Summary: By far one of the best books i have ever read
Review: I read a lot, but this trilogy was by far the best I have ever read. Mt first attempt to read the Golden Compass wasn't very successful. I gave up after 10 pages because I was bored. Big Mistake. Once you pass the 2nd chapter, you can't stop anymore. It is absolutely amazing. An original idea in a reading that you can call as good as it gets. I was disappointed with the 2nd book. It was like a transition to the Amber Spyglass. However, it was an enjoyable weekend reading as well. The last book was very good. But I would say that it is oriented to a more mature audience than teenagers.. Whatever your ages is, I am sure you will pick up the appropriate information for yourself and spend the next couple of weeks reading something very interesting and well written. Don't hesitate to buy it.
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Summary: nice one
Review: I think that the dark materials trilogy is an original masterwork that deserves to be read by people of any age. The characterisation is beatiful and the story has brilliant continuity. People have made a big deal about this book because it glamourises anti christian ideas or something like that. IGNORE THEM reading this book is like a breath of fresh air, if this is anti catholic then so is Paradise Lost.
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Summary: AWSOME BOOKS!
Review: I LOVE this trilogy! i recomend it to anyone who likes Harry Potter but wants more complicated things! its amazing! its so COOL! its so intellecual! This is for people who LOVE to read and are really good understanding complicated things! They are REALLY good!
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Summary: The BEST Triology I Have Every Read
Review: His Dark Materials triology is so incredible, the book's greatness is still inspiring after reading over many times. The triololgy has a complex plot told through the story of Lyra(Main character) and the characters surrounding her, and sometimes the characters surrounding the characters closer to Lyra.
Phillup Pullman has a great writing voice along with a larges amounts of detail his stories that paint vivid pictures in your imagination. I beleive these are the greatest books I have read, and probably everwill have read.
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Summary: An Engaging Fantasy, Verging on Science-Fiction
Review: Lyra, the young heroine of this trilogy, snoops in a room she is not supposed to enter, and so learns of and foils a plot to murder Lord Asriel. As a result, she is drawn into an epic battle between good and evil, in which many participants turn out not to be what at first they seem. Lyra meets Will, a boy from another Earth, and together and separately they have a slew of marvelous adventures involving witches, armored polar bears, and alien species as well as many varieties of humans, both good and evil.Pullman uses all four of the basic plots (rags to riches, boy meets girl, the little tailor, and the yellow brick road) with innumerable twists and surprises. The young heroine and hero make the story appealing to younger teenage readers, but the story is good enough to appeal to even old geezers like me. Buy them! Read them! Enjoy them! Read them to your children!
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Summary: Good books!
Review: I loved the first two of these books, but the last one I didn't enjoy as much as the first two. The first book (The Golden Compass) introduces Lyra Silvertongue. You learn all about her life and world and it's very interesting. In the second book (The Subtle Knife) the author introduces Will Parry, a boy who finds Lyra and they stick together until the end of the series. The second book is very good as well and I thought the whole deal with the subtle knife was awesome! The third book (the amber spyglass) was okay, but I didn't like the whole plot and it just didn't seem as good to me as the first two. But if you want to understand the whole series then I suggest you read all of the books. It confused me for a while who the good people were and who the bad people were. All in all, the books are pretty good.
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Summary: Awesome beyond all reason!
Review: These books were awesome! I got them for Christmas and didn't start untill mid Jan, because they looked boring! My Mom told me it would be nice if I read them and they were awesome! You can't put them down! I reccomend them at this price anyday!
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Summary: Enjoyable
Review: I liked reading the dark materials. The only mistake I made was to read the last book before the others. I read that the "Amber Spyglass" was the one to read and enjoy. However, I would've enjoyed it more had I read the other two books that came before.
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Summary: Amazing Book!!
Review: This trilogy is amazing!! I was immediately hooked, right from the beginning of the first one. It was so good that after finishing it I went to the library as soon as I could to see if there were the other two. You can imagine my disappointment when I found that they were not there! But I was so hooked up by the series that I had to go to the nearest book shop and see if it had them! Luckily for me it did and I have never been so addicted to a trilogy like this. While reading it I was continually wishing that I would get to the end and see how it would end (I also had homework to do) but at the same time I wished that the books were never ending! Unfortunately they are not infinite but they're so good that I'm sure that no matter how many times I read them I will never get bored of them! The trilogy is a very good combination of fantasy and quantum physics!
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