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I think this is my third time reading this - I definitely reread t before the last of the trilogy and possibly before the second. I’m fairly certain I got my copy from one of those clubs where you get a bunch of books for a penny if you buy X number at full price in the future, but I could be wrong about that. But I did read it basically as it came out, back in high school. The reread was over the NYE break from teaching, on Boracay in the Philippines on a vacation with Oretencia. I have a stron
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The world conjured up by Pullman is a wonderful one, but on my second go at reading, I still struggle to understand why this is a seen as a children's book. Yes, the protagonist is 11 years old, but it's no more a children's book than To Kill A Mockingbird is. The adventures and characters are great, but given so much of the plot revolves around fairly esoteric philosophical and theological matters, I really can't see what appeal that has to kids. I also enjoyed Pullman's sardonic authorial voic
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"...I definitely stayed up way too late on some nights, just because I didn't want to put the book down, and I was a little sad when I finished it; it ends with a lot of action and mystery, and I look very forward to reading the second book in the trilogy so I can find out what happens next for Lyra and Pan, and see who, if any, of the other characters might also be around.
If you've seen the movie, but have not yet read the book - read the book. Seriously. As much as I enjoy the movie, I was ple ...more
If you've seen the movie, but have not yet read the book - read the book. Seriously. As much as I enjoy the movie, I was ple ...more
I didn't love it but it got better towards the end.
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Jun 12, 2009
Ben
rated it
it was amazing
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Ez
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May 07, 2016
Mike
marked it as to-read
