Reviews for Books in The His Dark Materials series

by Philip Pullman

I've read all of the 3 books in this series. There are 3 reviews of those books for an average score of 3.67 (out of 4).

I rated this series

overall and said:

An ultimately touching coming-of-age story, but takes some weird twists on its way there.

Book #1

Lots of setup, but enjoyable. Loved the bears. Some pretty big set pieces that mostly paid off.

2019-08-14
Book #2

Really intense. Some good twists. I have no idea where it going and I'm excited to find out!

2019-09-29
Book #3

Very different vibe than the earlier books. A lot more romantic and philosophical. I still enjoyed it and thought it had some good takes on growing up and love, but it sort of sidelined its main story in a weird way. Also, the writing was pretty hammy at parts.

2019-12-31

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