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As war rages and Dust drains from the sky, the fate of the living—and the dead—finally comes to depend on two children and the simple truth of one simple story.]]> 3618 3.95 168116 13014 3 0 true Wed Mar 25 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Mar 26 18:08:50 -0700 2009 Thu Mar 26 18:29:22 -0700 2009
I really enjoyed the first two books. This one veered off in another direction. I still enjoyed finding out what happened to my favorite characters, but the plot in this book felt contrived and random.

Each part was written wonderfully on its own, but I didn't understand why Lyra and Will went to the land of the undead (to talk to Roger and Will's dad? Really?), I had no idea why Coulter or Asriel did anything. I guess they were just evil. Except when they weren't.

And the entire time with Mary and the mulefa seemed pointless, though again, I liked their characters.

And the endless explanations and rationalization of Dust and god and angels and witches smacked of trying too hard to wrap things up when there wasn't a clear idea of how things should unfold.

And also the ending was sad!

That's all I got.]]>