Philip Pullman
Hardcover | Pages: 399 pages Rating: 3.98 | 1221767 Users | 20744 Reviews
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| Title | : | The Golden Compass (His Dark Materials #1) |
| Author | : | Philip Pullman |
| Book Format | : | Hardcover |
| Book Edition | : | Special Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 399 pages |
| Published | : | April 16th 1996 by Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers (first published July 9th 1995) |
| Categories | : | Young Adult. Mystery. Fantasy. Romance. Paranormal |
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Lyra is rushing to the cold, far North, where witch clans and armored bears rule. North, where the Gobblers take the children they steal--including her friend Roger. North, where her fearsome uncle Asriel is trying to build a bridge to a parallel world.Can one small girl make a difference in such great and terrible endeavors? This is Lyra: a savage, a schemer, a liar, and as fierce and true a champion as Roger or Asriel could want--but what Lyra doesn't know is that to help one of them will be to betray the other.
Itemize Books Conducive To The Golden Compass (His Dark Materials #1)
| Original Title: | Northern Lights |
| ISBN: | 0679879242 (ISBN13: 9780679879244) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | His Dark Materials #1 |
| Characters: | Lyra Belacqua, Pantalaimon, Lord Asriel, Iorek Byrnison, Iofur Raknison, Marisa Coulter, Lee Scoresby, Roger Parslow, Serafina Pekkala, Hester, Farder Coram, John Faa, Billy Costa |
| Setting: | Oxford, England(United Kingdom) |
| Literary Awards: | Guardian Children's Fiction Prize (1996), Audie Award for Children's Titles (2000), Lincoln Award Nominee (2005), Carnegie Medal (1995) |
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Ratings: 3.98 From 1221767 Users | 20744 ReviewsColumn Out Of Books The Golden Compass (His Dark Materials #1)
It had been like 12 years since I read this book and I'd been meaning to re-read it for agesso I finally got around to it, and I fell in love with it all over again. I was kind of surprised by how well I remembered the story/characters despite having not read it since I was 11 years oldapparently it's just that memorable!There's so much I love about The Golden Compass. The world-building is so vivid and fascinating; I feel so drawn into the settings, I love the dæmons, I love the armored bears,Rating: 3.5 starsListened to this on audio, which was a lot of fun!
Later....A friend said to me today that if you read this book properly, it should make you a better person. I'd just earlier in the day been thinking pretty much the same thing. When I asked S. in what way was he made better, he said he couldn't say, just that it had. Exactly. I think you have a sense as you read this book that Lyra's goodness has rubbed off on you, she's made you better in an entirely non-specific way.M. then said that she didn't think a book, to be special, necessarily had to
9/8/17:1. I cleared my rating. If that doesn't sufficiently refute the claim that I "just wanted" to give THE GOLDEN COMPASS 1.0 star, then you're irrational, and further discussion is pointless. 2. I am a BOOK REVIEW BLOGGER. That's what I do. If you want to make cracks about being a trophy wife, go right ahead, but to insinuate that I would "skim" a book to have the minimum knowledge required to give the appearance of having read it so that I can give it a bad review b/c reasons, is an attack
When a film was made of this book, they did the book a real disservice. This book is amazing. Lyra is the feisty protagonist, an inveterate liar, clever, passionate and loyal. She achieves the impossible, rescues an armoured bear, befriends the witches, and rescues children from a fate worse than death- literally. Pullman does a great job realising this alternate world where everyone has a daemon- like the other half of your soul - and these creatures stay with you through your life. As adults
Re-read, 11/4/19:I think I might have been a bit unfair to the book in my original review. Or maybe I was a bit disgruntled with YA literature in general at the time. Or maybe I was getting tired of the whole chosen one with the miraculous oracle bit driving the plot forward. But let's back up a bit here. In the particulars, I liked running around like an urchin. I did like all the Daemons. I liked growing up among all the academics. I liked running around and being a very English nuisance and
I enjoyed the premise and theme of the book. Pullman created well thought out and memorable characters. It was a little too technical for me in regard to the depths of fantasy, i.e. I had to go back and look up the meaning of some of the made up words in the book to stay focused on what was actually happening. But great imagery. I'm not sure if I will read book 2 or 3 of the series yet... thoughts?
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