Reviews

Once Upon a Time in the North by Philip Pullman

kitisreadinggbooks's review

adventurous dark emotional funny fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

jamesgoux's review against another edition

4.0

Much more fun than Lyra’s Oxford and gives a bit of a different angle.

cxppatee's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

bougainvillaya's review

adventurous emotional hopeful medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.5

what a cute little story about leigh scroby and york berningson. love those boys. 

sustainably_lucia's review against another edition

5.0

I love this trilogy so it was nice to get a little back story on some of the characters.

thefantasticshell's review against another edition

adventurous fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.25

pierrotdameron's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious sad medium-paced

3.5

callidoralblack's review against another edition

adventurous

• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Torture, Death, Murder, Violence, and Gun violence

finlaaaay's review against another edition

4.0

Last read it in 2010, around the time when I started properly recording what books I read and when. It's longer than I remember.

Pullman's writing is sharp as ever. His world(s) are hard to stay away from! Looking forward to the new book this year.

mollyluckhurst's review against another edition

adventurous lighthearted tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

it’s only not five stars because i want to reserve that for the main series. the world-building of the entirety of philip pullman’s writing in this series is so incredible that it was easy to sink straight into this, and iorek and lee are two of my favourite fictional characters. lee is so consistent - it makes complete sense that his slightly less sensible, headstrong, 24-year-old self becomes the man we see in the main series.