La Belle Sauvage: The Book of Dust Volume One

La Belle Sauvage: The Book of Dust Volume One

2017 • 570 pages

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well done middle grades mystery
some violence

December 31, 2022

A delight from start to finish, and a welcome back to the Pullmanesque “biblical and mythic and a kids story but also some mature topics covered” style of writing.

August 1, 2022

All in all I personally really enjoyed it. The beginning of the story is slow, which at some point felt more like setting the scene took too long, but it does get better and darker as the story progresses, even thrilling throughout the second half.

September 10, 2021

I loved returning to the world of his dark materials. But I found parts of the writing problematic. Cringeworthy even. I'm in two minds at the minute whether I'll read the next. Will see.

May 10, 2021

3,5 actually, I'm not sure what happened with the last few chapters.

February 20, 2020

I love the mix of real and unreal, with all these magical beings and places and worlds intermixed and how these children managed to save themselves and Lyra...
I love the daemons. Poor hyena girl... :'( Even though she was insane. I suppose it wasn't her fault.

December 27, 2019

I really loved this book and love HDM forever, the story was unique and captivating and insightful. Loses a star for some annoying sexist shit.

December 9, 2019

This is such a cool story. It was quite intense and would be a little frightening to younger readers.
I really enjoy Philip
Pullman's Dark materials books. It was great to get a taste of that world again I hope he writes another one soon.

October 8, 2018

One hell of a journey!

May 10, 2018

I was very excited to read this book, but it was a total letdown. The new details about the world of His Dark Materials were interesting, but virtually nothing happened in the entire book.

April 14, 2018
March 16, 2018

Not as good as The Golden Compass, but I'm sure it will get there upon rereadings. I liked the first half better than the second half.

March 14, 2018

http://charami.com/2018/04/23/gelezen-in-maart-2/

March 8, 2018

On replonge avec plaisir dans l'univers de Lyra, hâte de lire la suite.
NB : c'est mieux (mais pas nécessaire) de lire la trilogie “A la croisée des mondes” avant pour mieux comprendre toutes les nuances et enjeux de cette nouvelle trilogie.

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January 28, 2018

Exciting from cover to cover and – as usual – a wonderful writing style! I hope the second book will be published soon!

January 12, 2018

An absolute delight to read! Great character development. Especially of Mal. Loved it. Some interesting settings. I want to go back and re-read the original trilogy now. Can't wait for the next instalment.

January 2, 2018
January 2, 2018

Ao twerminar eu sabia que leria a série td de novo: o amor pelo Malcolm e a dúvida sobre Lord não dariam outra opção.

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