His Dark Materials
2007 • 946 pages
Ratings16
Average rating4.2
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Ratings16
Average rating4.2
Lyra Belacqua tries to prevent kidnapped children from becoming the subject of gruesome experiments, helps Will Parry search for his father, and finds that she and Will are caught in a battle between the forces of the Authority and those gathered by her uncle, Lord Asriel.
Series
3 primary books8 released booksHis Dark Materials is a 8-book series with 3 primary works first released in 1995 with contributions by Philip Pullman.
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Technically children's lit but every bit as engaging and meaningful as much adult fiction. Wonderful, memorable stories with a grand sweep of anti-church sentiment (the institution more than the belief). Good stuff.
Maybe even 4.5...
It's just that at some (pretty crucial) points it felt like there was no continuity. People (or ghosts) knowing something they had no way to know. The mother's transformation felt a bit abrupt. And I have questions about the prophecy and the tempter. It feels like it was building up for something more significant. Dunno, maybe I just need to read the second trilogy, but definitely not right now.
Other than that, it was a very pleasant read. Now I can watch the show
