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The Golden Compass (His Dark Materials, #1)

Philip Pullman

Start date: March 1, 2012

Finish date: March 31, 2012

Discussion leader: Johanna

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Jan 26, 2020 Eileen rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: teen-young-adult, science-fiction, 2020-ng-group-challenge, 2020, childrens, fantasy, adventure, audiobook

Okay, I didn't hate it. But I didn't love it either. While I seem to be in the minority, I just didn't find the story all that interesting and the characters were so-so. For me, characters are all important and in this story, many of the main characters just felt very one-dimensional. Some of the fantasy/religious/magic/sci-fi whatever you want to call it was interesting--I liked the Daemons and that they represented the soul and reflected the personality of the person. And having them cut off l ...more

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Aug 15, 2008 ╟ ♫ Tima ♪ ╣ ♥ rated it it was amazing

Shelves: 5-stars, read-in-2012, read-in-childhood, genre-young-adult, genre-fantasy

A re-read. If I were to rate this book from memory when I was younger, it would be 5-stars. Now, I'll read it again and see if it still holds the same allure and nostalgia :)

15 July: Now that I've finished the book, I'm still giving it a solid 5-star rating. What an incredible, detailed, fantastic - yet somehow still feeling plausible - world that Pullman has created with The Golden Compass. ...more

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