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 enlarge | Author: Philip Pullman
Creator: Full Cast
Publisher: Cover to Cover Cassettes Ltd
Category: Book
List Price: £58.72
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Rating:  337 reviews
Sales Rank: 51976
Format: Audiobook
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 12
Number Of Discs: 12
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.1
Dimensions (in): 5.5 x 5 x 2
Model: 97818554912
ISBN: 185549194X
EAN: 9781855491946
ASIN: 185549194X
Publication Date: November 5, 2007
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Showing reviews 6-10 of 337
 Overrated June 10, 2008
K. Vickers (Somerset, UK)
Although I generally enjoyed the trilogy there was a steady decline as you read each book. Whereas the first book is excellent the reader may get sidetracked by Pullman's strong atheist views which start to get on your nerves. I feel he should have concentrated more on the story rather than his viewpoint. Saying that there are some nice parts in this last book and the ending is a good one for the trilogy.
 eventual satisfaction May 19, 2008
David F (Tokushima, Japan)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Some of the reviews of 'His Dark Materials' seem to show disappointment that a promising Potter-esque fairytale concludes with a fractured essay on existence. For me, it has the opposite effect. 'Northern Lights' was OK, but it never really grabbed me. I kept going because I trusted that the series would eventually say something, and it did.
'The Amber Spyglass' is a wonderful meditation on the nature of life. It is healthily anti-theist without ever making its message obvious and preachy. The chapters concerning Mary Malone's stay in a bizarre parallel world could have been an irritating diversion, but they're the most beautiful, convincing passages of the whole trilogy. If they ever get round to filming it, they'll have a tough job converting it into a family-friendly Christmas movie.
Easily the most satisfying book of the three.
 A great disappointment April 6, 2008
Cats whiskers (Northants)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I have just finished reading this final book in the trilogy & frankly I feel cheated at the abrupt and unsuprising ending! I enjoyed the first book & agree with other comments that it is best read as a stand alone novel. The second book is merely a middle section, but unfortunately this final novel does not really draw a satisfactory conclusion after the build up of the 3 books! I do not agree with others that the love between Lyra & Will was a suprise as it had been obvious to me since their meeting. However after the entire story had been built around these two pivotal characters I had at least expected a spectacular conclusion which tied together the many threads of the story. Unfortunately it appears that the author simply ran out of ideas and after fighting many insurmountable obstacles our hero & heroine simply bow out like little lambs. It seems a shame that after all the complex themes of the book the ending was such an anti-climax
one of my best beloved series April 6, 2008
S. yoon (Athens, Greece)
I've just finished Philip Pullan's trilogy, His Dark Materials Series and I think it is one of the best books I've ever read. The plot is deep and dense with moral themes to it as well. I rate this book a good five stars
A poor ending to a thought provoking trilogy March 20, 2008
Carly Askwith (Newcastle, England)
2 out of 8 found this review helpful
Whilst I enjoyed 'Northern Lights' as an interesting, pleasantly entertaining piece of fantasy writing, I became increasingly disappointed as the trilogy progressed. Once the action shifted into 'our world' in the 'Subtle Knife', I had difficulty viewing it as a piece of fantasy and then by the 3rd book, once Pullman had began his anti-christianity diatribe at the expense of meaningful story and plot, I was completely underwhelmed. As a Christian, it would be easy to feel threatened by the book that points to Satan as the saviour of all worlds but it is not that good a book to be remotely bothered by!
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