His Dark Materials Trilogy (The Golden Compass; The Subtle Knife; The Amber Spyglass) @ richardeward.com

His Dark Materials Trilogy (The Golden Compass; The Subtle Knife; The Amber Spyglass)
by Philip Pullman
from Laurel Leaf

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• Box set

Customer Reviews:

• Avg. Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0

• His Dark Materials
  
  I picked up these books out of morbid fascination after seeing the movie and hearing a coworker talk about the book. I borrowed the first one from her and found my self intrigued so I bought the series and waited anxiously for the post man to deliver it. I found that I love these books! They are together a great work of fiction. They carried me to worlds I had never imagined through perils I would never have known. The characters are engraved in my heart. Each cut and bump and soul wrenching tear made... more info

• His dark materials trilogy Phillip Pullman
  Excellent trilogy. Once you start reading it you will not want to put them down.

• Great books in one place
  The best part of this book is that it is actually all of Pullman's Dark Materials in one book. It is definitely cheaper than buying all the books separately.
  Adapted as a screenplay in late 2007, The Golden Compass follows Lyra through her world of Oxford and beyond as she goes on a mission to rescue her friend Roger and the other children of the country (what would be England) suddenly start disappearing by the Gobbers. Along the way, she meets and collects a collage of supporters, from families of... more info

• The Downward Spiral
  Being an adult, and enjoying Harry Potter, I was recommended His Dark Materials. After a bit of difficulty finding Pullman's writing pulse in the first few chapters, I became generally engaged and enjoyed for the most part The Golden Compass. (I'd give it a B) Good enough, that I wanted to see what followed. Unfortunately, The Subtle Knife became one of the dullest reads I've read. Pullman seems to tread water for 300 pages, unsure where to go, and eventually just killing people off randomly, cause he's got... more info

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