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Stephen
3.5 stars. Good start to what ended up being an exceptional science fiction/fantasy series. Very well written and highly original. As good as I thought this first book was, I thought the next two books were even better as the scope of ths story seemed to expand exponentially. When I finished the series, I was amazed at how far and how BIG the story had become. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!!
Shane
Apr 03, 2009 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: fantasy, fiction
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Lanica
I read this when it first came out, LOVED IT, then I waited for the next book. I loved that one too...then I waited for the third book...and waited...and waited...

...and when the third book finally came out I HATED IT! I was so disappointed in it that I cried. No, really. I closed the book and cried - not for the conclusion but for the immense disappointment I felt for having read the whole series and disliking the ending to intensely.

Now, a decade and more has passed and I feel the series pulli
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Chrissy
Jul 31, 2008 rated it it was amazing
loved all three dark materials books.
Yuumei
Jun 14, 2008 rated it really liked it
Ryan
Jun 20, 2008 rated it it was amazing
Katrina
Jul 09, 2008 rated it really liked it
Chris
Jul 10, 2008 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: fiction
PandaRanda
Jul 17, 2008 rated it it was ok
Shelves: novels
Damien Marquess
Jul 21, 2008 rated it liked it
Curiousfae
Jul 25, 2008 rated it really liked it
Shelves: listened-to
Nova
Jul 27, 2008 rated it really liked it
Susanne
Jul 31, 2008 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: sff
Jill Brown
Aug 05, 2008 rated it really liked it
Liz
Aug 11, 2008 marked it as to-read
JP
Aug 26, 2008 rated it it was amazing
Dylan
Sep 15, 2008 marked it as to-read
Allison
Apr 26, 2009 rated it it was amazing
Shelves: fantasy
Tim
May 31, 2009 rated it really liked it
Nina Jeide
Jun 03, 2009 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
Jarl Erik
Jun 13, 2009 rated it liked it
Kaushalya
Aug 06, 2009 rated it liked it  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: fantasy, women
Linda
Aug 28, 2009 rated it really liked it
Michael Young
Mar 10, 2010 rated it really liked it
Rachael
Apr 07, 2010 rated it did not like it
Alice
Jul 16, 2010 rated it liked it
Gypsythis
Aug 18, 2010 rated it it was amazing