Tin Princess

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Summary: A book that satisfied my appetite for a sequel!
Review: This book was stunningly written and I liked it not only for the attention devoted to detail and spesifications but also to the ammount of words dedicated to forming more realistic characters and events. This book was a answer for my prares for a sequel and I hopefully awate additional novels recieved from Phillip Pullman!

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Summary: Absolutely Briliant Deffinently Pullmans best work.
Review: This historic action/romance/drama is uncomparable to any of the other books i've ever read. Hast to be the best book I've read out of the the hundreds of books I read each year.(and i am only 13)

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Summary: I LOVE IT !!!
Review: This story about 3 commeners end up in the castle is wonderful ! I just finished it and couldn't put it down for a second!!

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Summary: Not as Good as I had Hoped
Review: Well, if you want a lusterless, slow follow-up on the Sally Lockhart trilogy, then here it is. I was really dissapointed in how this book didn't follow Pullman's writing style at all. When Sally was first brought in, I felt like I didn't know her, her mannerisms had changed so much. Don't get me wrong; I'm an avid Pullman fan. This book just wasn't as realistic as the others were - and it was kinda far-fetched. Think about it: a prince marrying a girl from a brothel that just so happens to be Adelaide and the prince just so happens to die so that Adelaide and Jim can hook up? C'mon. Like I said, if you just wanna kind of "check in", then read it. But if you're expecting the same life that Pullman books usually have - don't waste your time

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Summary: Is there more?
Review: When my ex-husband went to London, he brought back the Sally Lockhart Trilogy, along wih the Tin Princess for our twelve year old daughter. I just finished the Tin Princess and although I really liked them all, I don't really feel that they are appropriate for a child. The love making and the various accompanying emotions are irrelevant to them. I would, however be interested to find out if there is another addition to the series that I might read. I felt let down at the end and thought that this did not resolve everything...what a cliff-hanger!

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Summary: Brave
Review: Yep, as always, Pullman has been what very few other writers will never be:Brave. Sure, some of the writing in this book was a little formulaic and outlandish, but it's a book, if you can't get a little escapism in a book then where can you? Philip Pullman has never been afraid to kill off beloved characters or, as in the case of this book, write an ending that made me scream, until I saw the liitle footnote with the family tree. Clever guy. For all those moaning about the absence of Sally, I say that the author has forseen that she was close to exhaustion as a character (His fault!) and decided to let the other characters breathe a bit. Becky was not the greatest character, but the scenes between Jim and Adelaide where powerful without being slushy. I finished The Tin Princess two days ago and I am gagging for more Pullman. I don't care what. Although I don't agree with his political leanings or his views on the church (And his CS Lewis-bashing), or the way that he shamelessly advertises both in his writings, but he's so good that I just don't care. The Sally Lockhart Triliogy was far better than His Dark Materials, of which the last disappointed me greatly (Will and Lyra was a little bit vomit-inducing), and if he doesn't get another installment rattled up soon then I'm going to blow up his shed. Top marks, the sereis has made me laugh, cry, and yell out loud. (One problem, why do some publishers insist on selling this series as a type of Mills and Boon? Some of the Blurbs and cover art are dreadful (Esp. on Versions of 'Tiger)