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Book Review of The Golden Compass (His Dark Materials, Book 1)

The Golden Compass (His Dark Materials, Book 1)
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Helpful Score: 3


This is a wonderful novel, although a bit slow in the beginning. Not for young children, except as pure fantasy, but the secondary levels really make the reader think about what is good, what is evil, and can power for power's sake ever be good? At the end, it is obvious that even good intentions taken to extremes don't necessarily result in good endings. It left me definitely wanting to read the rest of the story.