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Originally Posted by Kelpie There have been a number of Philip Pullman threads, but they never seem to provoke the sort of enthusiastic response that leads members to agitate for a separate sub-forum. Strange, considering how popular his books are. Maybe your bibliography will generate some interest, orion.
I'm not a big fan of His Dark Materials -- fascinating premise, great setting, but it never quite touched me in the way I felt it should with all that going for it. Maybe I will give it another try one of these days.
But I did like the Sally Lockhart books, especially The Tiger in the Well. Daniel Goldberg is a great character, an unexpectedly flesh-and-blood and complex hero to find in a series for that age group. |
You sound like me! I have only read the first book in the series, I am a little slow, but I was not really as impressed as I expected to be. Everywhere I look I see people talking about them and they are so great, but while it was good and I didn't mind reading it, I also don't feel the compulsion to rush into book 2.... I will read them, though, maybe I will like the last two books better than the first or gain an appreciation for the first. I tend to do that from time to time. Maybe this summer.