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November 2024: Steampunk > (BWF) The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman

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SouthWestZippy | 1543 comments 64. The Golden Compass (His Dark Materials, #1) by Philip Pullman
1 star
Taken from the Goodreads synopsis. "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."

I could not get into this book. I found the story to be slow moving and blah. I did find some interesting parts (one of two reasons I finished the book), and I liked the overall story line of the quest of Lyra trying to find her Friend Roger but not enough to give it more than one star. I don't even think I would have liked this book when I was younger. Not going to finish the series nor watch the movie.


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