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Summary: Once I started reading it I couldn't put it down.
Review: Once I started reading it I couldn't put it down. The Golden Compass is one of the best books I have ever read. It sparkles with child-like curiousity and is full of adventure, danger, and mystery. This book ranks among such books as The Lord of the Rings. I recommend this book to everybody.
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Summary: The Golden Compass is pointed in the right direction
Review: This is the first novel in 50 years to assert Science Fiction/ Fantasy as a genre that should be taken seriously. Lyra, the beloved main character, shows the determination, leadership, and self-reliance of a classic heroine, only in the body of a 12 year old. In addition, villians such as Mrs. Coulter supply Lyra with the ideal good vs. evil confrontation. But this book is more than good vs. evil; Pullman tackles complex, adult issues involving religion and society. In creating a society much like ours, he is able to offer judgments much the same way Aldous Huxley did in Brave New World. Lastly, Pullman also crafts a tale that is woven deeper than the mysteries of the golden compass itslef. The first installment of the His Dark Materials trilogy will keep you turning pages and yearning for more books. Take this book seriously; it is the first legitimate fantasy/ Sci-fi classic since The Hobbit.pjk
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Summary: One of those books you just cannot and will not put down...
Review: My Mum brought this book home one day and I thought "Ohh.. Great! Another boring book to read!". That night, I started to read it and found I could not put it down and stayed up 'till 11:30 p.m. reading. Being such a hard book to put down, I finished it in a few days and found it VERY interesting, with Lyra sneaking around Jordan College <in the beginning>, leading the life of a gyptian <around the middle>, and stumbling through the Arctic <near the end>. Do not be fooled by the book's length, it is a fantastic book and you will not be able to put down. A superb and adventurous book, I wish there were more books like this one. Phillip Pullman is quite talented and I cannot wait for his second book in this series. Enjoy! I know I did!
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Summary: Still the Best Even With A Different Title!
Review: My name is Derek Conrad, and I am 9 years old.
This was the best book I ever read. In Norway, the title of the book is Northern Lights. Lyra and her daemon, Pantalaimon, go on quests which are out of this world! They go to the north where Amoured Bears rule,witch clans fly in the night sky and things impossible happen. Another reason I liked the book is Svalbard is in Norway and I live there too. I can't wait until I read The Subtle Knife
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Summary: best book ever!!
Review: I am 10 years old and I loved this book! I thought that it was adventurous and breathtaking. The daemons were very interesting. Each time I opened the book I never wanted to put it down - I read it mostly on trains and planes. I recommended it to my friend Danielle and the minute she started reading it, she wouldn't play with me anymore. Now I'm reading the 2nd book and I think it's even better. If I had a daemon it would be an eagle
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Summary: A fabulous book in an enthralling series!!!
Review: This is a wonderful book, and when I finished, all my friends wanted to borrow it (and even my teachers)!! I loved this book. It was imaginative, fun, beautiful, heartbreaking, and elaborate. I recommend this book to anyone and everyone. I don't believe I could do it justice by writing a summary of it, so I'll leave it to you. Read this book, then sigh with delight, then read the next one, then be depressed because he just can't throw these out fast enough. Read it, I know you'll like it. ~Sunn
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Summary: This was truly stunning stroke of genius!
Review: This is truly a book worth reading. Lyra and her
friends, along with her daemon, weave together an
exciting tale unmatched by any other fantasy. I was happy to learn it was only book one. This is
a great book for fantasy lovers!
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Summary: I was left breathless!!!!!!
Review: Lord God Almighty! This is one MAGNIFICENT book!!!!
Read it! Read it! Read it!
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Summary: YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Review: Children's fantasy has never been this good!
True, names like L. Frank Baum and C.S. Lewis, both famous children's writers, have been honored throughout time among the greatest writer.
But this is a fresh fantasy writer, although a seasoned author. He has certainly introduced one of the best children's books of all time in 'The Golden Compass'.
And one of the greatest adult books, too.
The world of the spunky pre-teen Lyra is totally different from ours. People have daemons, animals that have a special link to humans, and physically can't move very far away from them without great pain. Lyra's own, named Pantalaimon, has just a little more common sense than his human attachment.
But then Lyra is whisked away from her childhood home at Jordan College, and in secret is given an aleithometer, a golden compass, a complex tool who's use Lyra at first can't fathom.
In the course of her journey, Lyra learns why children are being abducted and whisked to the Far North, and what the daemons have to do with this. She learns of horrible experiments, the schemeings of the Church, her previously unknown parentage, the secret of the Golden Compass and, most of all, the mysterious Dust...something all the adults in Lyra's life are mysteriously afraid of.
A great read--if you have not read this yet, you are missing out more than you can possibly imagine
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Summary: A pretty good book
Review: I am still reading it but so far it is really good. I am about half way done. I will write later when I have finished it
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