Sarah

Just delightful. It made me very nostalgic for the movie, which practically played in my head as I listened to this book. I had no idea the script was so faithful to the story.

I couldn't quite believe the book was over at the last page! What a cliffhanger. Another excellent installment in the series with strong characters and an interesting addition/fleshing out of the fantasy world. I'll have to start the third one right away!

This was the right book at the right time, with lots of thoughts worth revisiting and remembering.

This was my first Baldacci and I see the appeal, even if this book was more autobiographical than his thriller series. Lots of difficult and depressingly relevant subjects & language. I hope his massive authorial platform helps many readers to appreciate the contemporary parallels.

This is magical, charming, and ageless. Lyra, a young orphan raised by scholars at Oxford, becomes entranced by the mystery of “Dust,” a strange phenomenon about which no one seems to know anything definitive. Along with her constant companion, a daemon named Pan, Lyra sets out for the North in pursuit of the mystery, avoiding the Gobblers, befriending the Gyptians, and determined to save the children kidnapped for unknown (but surely nefarious!) purposes.

Everyone should read this lyrical, almost myth-like tale. A fantasy as compelling as Narnia and better than Harry Potter!