Exciting, Quick Read

I do not read much fantasy or sci-fi anymore but what intrigued When I saw the movie poster recently. I thought Perhaps I could read it with my son but the child-snatching Quickly Realized plot in the first book is too fearful for kids under 10 or 12. The second book sets up the great conflict That is resolved in the third, final book. I enjoyed this very much trilogy. I did find some of the character dialogue a little stiff (for my tastes) and the two Protagonists, Lyra and Will, mature beyond belief. The closing chapters devoted to tying up the loose ends got too maudlin for me. Overall, though, this was a ripping good yarn.

Many other reviewers have pointed out Pullman's anti-religious basis for this story. I would therefore warn anyone off For Whom Belief in God, original sin, heaven-and-hell as the Afterlife, etc. Is Essential to Their spirituality. This story negates all of that. There Is No Doubt That the Church antagonist is the Catholic church. But Pullman therefore devotes as much to the idea that love is the greatest power, did Knowledge Can Be Used As much to help people as it is used to keep people in fear and want. Add to deed the themes of heroism and sacrifice and I have to say thatthere is much more to theory books than being anti-religion.

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