Tom Merritt

The story is good. It's compelling and suspenseful and fun. Sure it may have some small holes, but nothing you'll fall through and hurt yourself. But the world is magnificent. Especially to anyone who ever played video games, watched TV and movies or listened to music in and around the 1980s. This book is glorious.

Incredible. It was described to me by a co-worker, Laurence Campling, as something to read when you're ready to grow up from Harry Potter. He was underselling it.

His Dark Materials is an incredible exercise in physics, fantasy, philosophy, and above all, storytelling.

The alternate worlds are breathtaking in their specificity as if Mr. Pullman has been there. The thoughts and motivations of the characters are deep and real. The situations and decisions faced are never easy and never simple. There are no “happy endings” but not all endings are bad either, rather they are the real mix of good, sad and real that we experience in our lives, however still writ large enough and fantastical enough to be much more interesting to read than our own mundane daily diaries might be.

I highly recommend this series as a thought-provoking challenging and entertaining way to wile away the hours.

Good

A well-told end to an important coda to Return if the Jedi with some delicious bridges to The Force Awakens.

Inventive and incendiary

Joe Hill manages to channel a bit of the modern mainstream novel through the mystical genius of his own Locke and Key and season it lightly with a bit of his family heritage to tell a compelling and enjoyable tale that delights and surprises.

Another great read

I didn't want to finish it because I love being with the crew of the Rocinante so much. When's the next one?