

"Philip Pullman has shown us, in the course of these three novels that human beings can, with courage and love, survive the nightmare of tragedy.There are moments of brilliant writing, but Pullman's imagination is not up to his ambitions, so that what should be the breathlessly anticipated climax is instead rather dull." - Daniel P.

He has the talent to have pulled it off, but unfortunately, his atheism gets in the way.

"Pullman has set himself an ambitious task, trying to tell a complex yet realistic tale about the death of God and the true nature and destiny of man.No consensus, though all at least impressed by aspects of the books See also our review summaries for the individual volumes for reviews of the individual volumes: Northern Lights (US title: The Golden Compass), The Subtle Knife, and The Amber Spyglass Review Consensus: Northern Lights (US title: The Golden Compass)ī+ : (too) large-scale fantasy, with some impressive inventions and adventures His Dark Materials is a trilogy consisting of the following volumes (each of which is also individually reviewed: follow links).His Dark Materials Trilogy (box set) - CanadaĪ la croisée des mondes - L'intégrale - France His Dark Materials Trilogy (box set) - UK His Dark Materials Trilogy (box set) - US General information | review summaries | our review | links | about the author Trying to meet all your book preview and review needs.
