*claps, slowly and deliberately* Brilliant show, Master Pullman… Brilliant.
Actual rating: Playing between 4 or 5… 4.5, really. I’ll tag this a 4, then.
Genre: Fantasy / Adventure / YA, I suppose? / Mystery? 🙂
Characters: Amazing! Unique. Have their own personalities. Twisted!
Lore: Lovely. Nicely thought out. Different. Unexpected! Awesome.
Story-telling: Appropriate enough. Slow & fast, depending on the necessity.
Underlying notions: Philosophy, theology, scientific thought
Age: Hmm… Modern? A little steampunk? (Balloon <3)
Points of interest: Bears (<3), familiars & daemons, bookish Scholars, Oxford, snow, Dust, other worlds, the golden compass, severed children.
Other remarks: May be a little too crude here or there, but that’s what gives it beauty.
Something that interested me: A play on the thought of witches and their familiars. (highlight for spoilers)
Warning: After reading this, I think it’s pretty understandable why the Church banned the book. It’s definitely got the blasphemous vibe going – blasphemous being something contradicting and/or seems to be making fun of the Christian doctrine.
The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
