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Summary: a great sequel
Review: This book is the second in Philip Pullman's series after the Golden Compass. Make sure you read the golden compass first. This book develops the main character further and takes you farther into her world. You are left at the end of the book wishing that you had the third book since you want to know what will happen next. This book is listed as a young adult book but adults will also enjoy it.
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Summary: the subtle knife
Review: The subtle knife was one of my first books by Phillip Pullman and it made me read more of his books. After Lyra saw her best friend Roger being killed by her father and stepping through the mysterious dust or also known as dark matter in the Northern lights she teaming up with Will who found his way into the same world as Lyra through a window thats been cut into thin air. Will has a fight with a man on a castle and gets two of his fingers cut off with a mysterious knife. Will defeats the man and takes the knife and is trained how to use the knife to cut into different worlds. Will travels with lyra and trys to figure the real meaning of the knife which is in The amber spy glass.
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Summary: Magical
Review: This is one of the best books in the series. It is full of magic and you see the characters in the last book come back to life. A great read
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Summary: Umm.. how should I say this...
Review: Sorry to disapoint you 5 star givers, but I mean, this book is a discrace at the lesat. For God to be the bad guy, is as low as it can go, EVEN LOWER!! What did this auther have in his mind when he wrote this? The deamon? But, I would not waste your $$$ on this so called 'good read' book!!
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Summary: Maybe it's just me...
Review: Okay, I've read "The Golden Compass" and I absolutely loved it. It's a very powerful book in the sense that it makes the reader feel sadness or joy or whatever at the appropriate moments and also lets the reader feel like he or she is really in the midst of these events. But "The Suble Knife" was different, if not disappointing, because it seemed to focus on Will as the main character and thus conveyed a lot of bitterness because that's what Will felt. And I don't appreciate calling Lyra stupid just because she sees stealing as the best method for getting something that was stolen from her! Maybe it's just because I'm a girl and the main character seems to be a boy this time, and also I don't like the sad parts of books, but it just wasn't what I expected after reading the glorious Book 1.
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Summary: Complicated, But Thrilling
Review: This book is an excellent sequel to The Golden Compass. You will read about two separate people with completely different personalities and how their paths cross. You will feel as if you are involved in the boy's search for his family, and Lyra's own complications. How the Subtle Knife comes into the hands of the children and how they use it will amaze you. It is puzzling about these worlds and how the Knife helps out. This book is a pleasant blend of life, death, emotions, and mystery.--MSJ (age 10)
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Summary: A little scary but very exciting second of three!
Review: This second book of three is almost as rewarding as the first of Philip Pullmans dark and mysterious trylogy. It offers very unusual twists and turns in events that will leave you anxious to get on with the story. The story is a little less clear and can get very scary about some of the places our heroine and her friends wander into. The ending is fantastic, though. My eleven year old and I are thoroughly enjoying reading all the books aloud. It is a magical mystery tour!
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Summary: A Not-So-Subtle Challenge
Review: This second installation in the His Dark Materials trilogy introduces many new characters to the already-populous dramatis personae established in the first novel. Will Parry, a boy on a mission, gets caught up in the conflict among the many worlds when he stumbles upon the world of Citagazzé and becomes the owner of Æsahættr, the Subtle Knife of the title, able to cut through any substance-- even the very fabric of time-space itself. Will and Lyra's chance encounter in Citagazzé has profound ramifications, threatening to alter the fate of the universe forever-- it is revealed early on that the boy and girl are the new Adam and Eve, who shall face a great temptation. Who will they side with in the oncoming war? With The Authority-- God Himself-- and the Church? Or with Lord Asriel and the forces of his Adamant Tower? It is worth the time to read this brilliant, adventurous novel, as well as its sequel, "The Amber Spyglass."
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Summary: A Great Sequel
Review: The Subtle Knife was a wonderful continuation of the Golden Compass. However, it was not nearly as interesting as far as the plot goes. As a matter of fact, I thought that it was a little too intense for such a short book. The introduction of Will was well done, but it just wasn't the same to turn the spot light to him instead of Lyra. After reading the Amber Spyglass, one might reconsider their thoughts as I have. Now I think of the Subtle Knife as more of a "transition book". Without it, the Amber Spyglass would not have been nearly as good as it is.
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Summary: Absolutely magnificent!
Review: The Subtle Knife is the second book in the His Dark Materials trilogy by Philip Pullman. The first book in the trilogy (Northern Lights) fascinated me so much with its masterful writing and great plot, and The Subtle Knife thrills me the same way. In book one young Lyra is left alone on cold and windy Svalbard way up north by her "uncle" Lord Asriel who have escaped from a world similar to ours, but different; into another unexplored dimension. Lyra follows him to revenge her bestfriend's death who lies lifeless in the snow next to her. In the city of Cittàgaze Lyra finds another "world-traveller", Will; who have discovered the new world by accident and are lost too. Together they help eachother in their quests in the new world. Between all this, a war is being prepared. Lyra's uncle Lord Asriel is planning to resume the struggle between good and evil, a war greater than any war. Lyra and Will are unknowingly becoming more important than they can imagine... A great book, but PLEASE read Northern Lights first, or you'll ruin a great story!
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