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The Subtle Knife (His Dark Materials)

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few weeks ago
I wasn't expecting much improvement in this second installment of the series, and in that way I wasn't disappointed. I continue to have the same problems with Pullman's writing as in The Golden Compass. The writing still feels stilted and forced, and the really sad thing is that this time around the story itself also started to feel that way. Again, characters do things that sometimes don't make...more
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few weeks ago
Philip Pullman is a courageous writer - however, rumour has it that the movie studio making the film adaptation didn't have the courage to carry through the series' message. We shall see. What pulls these books (Golden Compass, Subtle Knife and Amber Spyglass) well out of the ranks of kiddy-fiction is the fact that Pullman thinks big. The themes at work here are theories of genesis, of life,...more
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The second book of His Dark Materials begins with Will Parry, a boy of 12 in our own world, who must flee from men who are searching for him. He finds himself in a crossroads between the worlds- a city called Citagazze. There he encounters Lyra, the heroine of the Golden Compass. Together they begin a search for Will’s father, who was lost many years ago exploring the different worlds....more
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few weeks ago
Much better book than Golden Compass, as far as pace and plot go. Since I'd figured out by this time that this takes place in alternate realities, or worlds, I could easily transition between them and even keep them straight. However, I can see the direction this series is heading and I'm not sure yet what I think about that. Pullman has grown-ups who are mostly trying to do the right thing,...more
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few weeks ago
~Talk About A Sequel~ This book was at first quite different, and this made it a great sequel. Then it became, only partly, like a traditional sequel. Not in the sense of the story, because there are plenty of great new adventures with some great character development, including a key new character. I mean that it just seems to build up to the third book, maybe another reason to read it, huh? I...more
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  • ISBN-10: 0807204722
  • ISBN-13: 9780807204726
  • ISBN-10: 0807281859
  • ISBN-13: 9780807281857
  • ISBN-10: 0807281964
  • ISBN-13: 9780807281963
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