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Summary: Awesome Book!
Review: The Golden Compass was one of the best books I ever read! This is one of the only fantasy books that I have ever liked in my whole life! The whole trilogy is great, and all the charachters have a unique personality, unlike any of the others! Any young reader to an adult whould love these books!
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Summary: the best book i ever read
Review: when in read this book i was amazed it was so wonderful and adventurous and exiting
lyra a girl who lives in oxford was hiding in a closet with pantalimon (her daemon dont worry you'll find out)were in a wardrobe and over hearing a conversaition of her uncles (lord asrial) adventure in the north and strange thing called dust but its not ordinary dust and lyra is set on going 2 the north with her uncle but she not taking no 4 an answer and she discovers a horrifing fact about her family
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Summary: A Wonderful Book
Review: The Golden Compass is a great book, and I look forward to the next two in the trilogy. A complex, deep, and completely thrilling novel, which is full of wonderful detail and a riveting plot. It's astounding. It's a shame that it ended so soon... I couldn't put it down during the book, and immediately decided to get the next two. It is a great book, one that I'd reccomend for preteens keen on great literary works, teenagers who don't want to pass up a great read, and even adults who want to see some of the greatest "children's" authors' works. You'll end the book wishing to know what will happen to Lyra (the protagonist) and her daemon. I want a daemon! Daemons, which are slightly hard to explain, are just one of the many great thing about the Golden Compass. Go and read it today!
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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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