The Amber Spyglass
2000 • 518 pages
Ratings282
Average rating4
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Ratings282
Average rating4
Will is the bearer of the knife. Now, accompanied by angels, his task is to deliver that powerful, dangerous weapon to Lord Asriel - by the command of his dying father.
But how can he go looking for Lord Asriel when Lyra is gone? Only with her help can he fathom the myriad plots and intrigues that beset him.
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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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Not as amazing as the first two, but does a good job wrapping up the series.
Wow.... I was paging through the reviews for The Amber Spyglass on Goodreads and there is a lot of hate.
While TAS certainly isn't perfect, it's still five times better than most fiction people pick up. One reviewer commented on how much better a writer Dan Brown is than Philip Pullman. How anyone could ever arrive at that conclusion is beyond me.
There was a lot of stuff going on in TAS, and I don't think all of it succeeded.
Good Stuff:
I loved the relationship between Will and Lyra. It was pretty perfect.
I thought the evolution of Mrs. Coulter was handled well. She's so diabolical that even when she's double crossing Metatron I thought, “Wait, maybe she's going to screw over Asriel. Again.” But it's apparent at the end that she's got a heart, and it's nice to see.
Revisiting Scoresby, Iorek, and of course Roger was terrific.
Bad Stuff:
There's just too much going on.
The Assassin priest bit seemed anti-climactic. I didn't feel like there was ever any danger for Lyra, Will, or Mary Malone.
Slaying the Ancient of Ancients was over so quickly. When I think about this event, I imagine that there should have been more weight given to it. Wasn't it Lyra's main prophetical purpose, other than to succumb to temptation by Mary? But wasn't it Will who made the cut? I think I will have to re-read this portion to gain better understanding.
There's more stuff, but I needn't really go on. It was still an awesome read. I think The Subtle Knife is still my favorite out of the series.
Not as amazing as the first two, but does a good job wrapping up the series.
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