Laura W. (yoopergirl) reviewed on 9/30/2009 + 7 more book reviews

This is the third and final book in a series of books by Philip Pullman that started with the Golden Compass. It wraps up the story of Lyra and her friend Will as they travel between different worlds and try to solve the mystery of "Dust" that began in the first book and continued through the second story.

Having read the series, I can say that I was disappointed in this book and the series in general. The books are well written and the stories are complex, but I hated some of the themes and story lines - particularly the storyline in this book that portrays fallen angels as heroes and the angels that stayed in service to God (or "the authority" as it's termed in the book) as villians. I wouldn't discourage anyone from reading these stories, but I found series like the Chronicles of Narnia or Lord of the Rings so much better with characters that had more admirable traits than most of the characters found in Pullman's Dark Materials series.

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