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2.5 would be closer perhaps? I like Lyra's inventiveness (or the very superb ability to lie wonderfully). Hence, when her character is described as unimaginative, I wonder if the word imagination is not being given a very limited definition here. She probably does not have a very graphic imagination or the ability to almost immediately assume the worst, but she certainly is creative. Though really, I know next to nothing about her character, other than the fact that she is special. Why? Because
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This is the umpteenth re-read of a beloved book. It's the only YA series all of whose books I really love. Its combination of a complex heroine, daemons, armored bears, zeppelins and balloons, gyptians, multiple universes, theology, witches, the villains with their complicated desires - it's all heady, and for a piece of children's literature (that I've read), completely other. I think this should be rated higher, although I can see why it's not. This is not a fast read (even though its a re-rea
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Great adventure story. I cannto wait to see what happens in the next book.
Ugghhhh. I couldn't get through the first disc. Maybe the movie....but probably not.
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Apr 28, 2012
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rated it
it was ok
Shelves:
young-adult,
dystopia
Oct 16, 2013
Candy
marked it as to-read
Feb 07, 2014
No Name
marked it as to-read
Dec 31, 2021
Carolyn
rated it
really liked it
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review of another edition
Shelves:
z2021-read,
z2021-series
