A review by bowiesbooks
The Secret Commonwealth: by Philip Pullman

3.0

I’m honestly so gutted that I didn’t enjoy this more. His Dark Materials is one of my all time favourite series and I was completely obsessed with it when I read it. I was so excited to see Lyra’s story continue and I also enjoyed La Belle Sauvage, but this just really wasn’t up there. The plot definitely felt like a fill in or simply just preparing for the third book. I can understand that the development of Lyra is realistic and harsh, but it wasn’t fun at all to read. Her and Pan’s relationship is strained but with no real reasons given and it was just so long! Don’t get me wrong I’ll read the third one, I just wish that I could have lost myself so completely in this book like I did with the others.