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The Golden Compass
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Start date
March 1, 2012
Finish date
March 31, 2012
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Johanna
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Eileen
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
Anastasia
Jul 03, 2008 rated it it was amazing
Sue
Feb 11, 2009 marked it as to-read
Netanella
May 23, 2009 marked it as to-read
Shelves: fantasy, steampunk
Meredith
Jun 21, 2009 marked it as to-read
Sarah
Jul 06, 2009 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
Martha
Jun 09, 2010 rated it really liked it
rachel
Oct 19, 2010 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
Darcie
Jun 04, 2011 rated it liked it
Shelves: rate-3, 2008
Kathy
Dec 07, 2012 marked it as to-read
Tawnya
Dec 14, 2012 marked it as to-read
Mickey
Feb 13, 2013 rated it it was amazing
Kim DeCina
Feb 21, 2013 rated it it was amazing
Shelves: bookopoly
Meredith
Feb 27, 2015 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
Annet
Apr 25, 2015 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
Margrete
Dec 05, 2015 rated it liked it
Sarah
Feb 22, 2017 rated it really liked it
Brenda
Jan 05, 2018 marked it as to-read
Jeannette
Oct 05, 2018 marked it as to-read
Shelves: celia
Abby
Dec 30, 2019 rated it it was ok
Nicole
Jan 03, 2020 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
Chai
Feb 25, 2020 marked it as to-read