The Amber Spyglass

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  His Dark Materials III: The Amber Spyglass Philip Pullman 500pp, Scholastic £14.99 Buy it at BOL One of the most eagerly awaited events of the children's publishing year will happen next week, when the third volume of Philip Pullman's Dark Materials ... (read full critics)

  guardian.co.uk published on Sat, 25 Sep 2010

• The Amber Spyglass By Philip Pullman

  remember feeling annoyed at the end of The Subtle Knife, Book Two in the multi-award winning His Dark Materials trilogy, that it would probably be several years before the concluding volume was published and I'd find out how Lyra Belacqua a.k.a. Lyra ... (read full critics)

  bookpage published on Sat, 18 Sep 2010

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  I thought it was hilarious that the universe got saved by two 12 year old kids having sex! I enjoyed all the anti-god propoganda, but felt that for the last book it was incredibly slow to get going. I missed Lyra for the first 200 pages during which she was asleep and figured that could have gone mu ... (continue)

  I thought it was hilarious that the universe got saved by two 12 year old kids having sex! I enjoyed all the anti-god propoganda, but felt that for the last book it was incredibly slow to get going. I missed Lyra for the first 200 pages during which she was asleep and figured that could have gone much quicker. I was a little dissapointed that the rebellion went no where (as wars on heaven always tend to do in books).

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  Robot-mel said on Aug 11, 2008 | Add your feedback

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  I felt this book lacked something in comparison to the previous two. Pulman's anti-Christian sentiment comes out more strongly in this book, and I found his vision for saving the universe ultimately downbeat and uninspiring.

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  Andy Neads said on Mar 6, 2008 | Add your feedback

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  As far as fantasy series go, I found this trilogy to be more thought provoking than most while not having nearly as well-planned of a fantasy universe. Religion is a central topic to the series and the book sask some very interesting questions about Biblical myths. In asking whatever has happened ... (continue)

  As far as fantasy series go, I found this trilogy to be more thought provoking than most while not having nearly as well-planned of a fantasy universe. Religion is a central topic to the series and the book sask some very interesting questions about Biblical myths. In asking whatever has happened to angel sentiments since the initial revolt, Pullman treads on some good uncovered ground. Some of the oomph is lost in the background of how this universe ticks, many of those explanations seem rushed and contrived.

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  Bossdog said on Jan 10, 2008 | Add your feedback

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  As for the previous two chapters, I had to fight with evil morning shifts and hours on buses to read this book, as it's been gripping me since the first page. Total awesomeness, full stop.

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  Viollka said on May 28, 2010 | Add your feedback

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  I found a few things to be confusing mid way through (ha ha), but I personally love this trilogy! Easily making my list off all time favorites, I'd recommend this to anyone I know who loves to read science fiction. I was told in before reading that the series became dark, I just never thought it wou ... (continue)

  I found a few things to be confusing mid way through (ha ha), but I personally love this trilogy! Easily making my list off all time favorites, I'd recommend this to anyone I know who loves to read science fiction. I was told in before reading that the series became dark, I just never thought it would go in that direction from the first book.

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  No Name said on Feb 8, 2010 | Add your feedback

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  in parts quite lengthy and confusing...

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  Sempre Cindy said on Jun 1, 2009 about the Mass Market Paperback edition | Add your feedback

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• English Books
• Paperback 544 Pages
• Edition: Reprint
• ISBN-10: 0440418569
• ISBN-13: 9780440418566
• Publisher: Yearling
• Pub date: May 27, 2003
• Dimensions: 1290 mm x 839 mm x 194 mm Just how big is that?
• Also available as: Mass Market Paperback, Hardcover, Audio CD, Audio Cassette, School & Library Binding, Unbound and Others
• In other languages: other languages Libri Italiani, Nederlandse Boeken

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