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Is His Dark Materials Worth My Time?


Aiyana

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Those of you who have read Philip Pullman's trilogy: Do you think I ought to read it? Is it worth my time? I don't have a ton of time to dedicate to reading, with four kids, and I very rarely read fiction anymore, it requires such a commitment. But I think these books MAY be ones that I consider worthwhile.

 

I do love the fantasy genre (LOTR, Narnia, etc.)

 

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One of the best book series to come along in a long time, in my opinion. Well worth it. 

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I read it some time ago. I thought it was very good and for some reason I read it pretty quickly and straight through.

 

I think anyone would like it who enjoys fantasy stories.

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I read them a while back and enjoyed them.  Much better than the movie with Nicole Kidman in my opinion. (But also IMO, books are almost always better than the movie.)

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Indeed worth your valuable reading time.

Great story, believable characters, plot that flows from one adventure to misadventure.

 

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Thanks all. I think I'll request it from the library.

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Late to the thread, but I would recommend reading book one and sitting on it for awhile. I love "His Dark Materials", but really, "The Golden Compass" is the best of the series by a long, long shot, imho.

 

"The Subtle Knife" is good, but I don't like Will as much as I like Lyra and found the last third or so of the book hard to sit through.

 

"The Amber Spyglass" is my least favorite of the series and I think that is because Pullman is very heavy-handed and a bit hamfisted with his premise in that book. Basically, it is a very obvious parallel with a portion of the Bible and I just can't with it these days.

 

Verdict: "The Golden Compass" is awesome. I'd read it for myself and then aloud to my kids if I had any. The other two, I'd read for fun to myself.

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