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ronbert's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.5
katewj's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.75
byp's review
3.0
I love this series, and I love, love LOVE the first book. This one felt a little more sluggish, especially a lot of the Mary stuff. Phillip Pullman is still the business, though.
harlaw's review against another edition
adventurous
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.5
The first quarter of this book is really exceptional in the same way as its two predecessors, but we very quickly lose the fucking plot and it turns into first a big mess, then a frustrating slog. Features my least favorite most detested utterly loathed trope of a woman SUDDENLY and ALL CONSUMINGLY becoming defined by her motherhood. Disgusting.
fashionclown's review against another edition
4.0
“Even if it means oblivion, friends, I’ll welcome it, because it won’t be nothing. We’ll be alive again in a thousand blades of grass, and a million leaves; we’ll be falling in the raindrops and blowing in the fresh breeze; we’ll be glittering in the dew under the stars and the moon out there in the physical world, which is our true home and always was.”
_aoibheann_'s review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5