A review by theredpanda17
The Amber Spyglass: His Dark Materials, by Philip Pullman
4.0
The characters and their relationships as well as the skill of the author are what make this book great. Pullman is talented, and even the "slow" parts are charming and brimming with imagination. The only thing that pulled this down from being a 5/5 is the overwhelmingly obvious hatred of all things Christian possessed by the author.
A book is free to promote whatever beliefs the author chooses, but it must do so with tact. This story falls into the same trap many overly-Christian books do: it comes off as a bit preachy and makes the other side look pitiless and irredeemable.
Nonetheless, I was still fully invested in the characters; especially Will, who is second only to Samwise Gamgee in my list of favorite characters.
It was a fitting, melancholy end to a well-crafted book series. I'm glad I read it, and I would still recommend it to anyone.
A book is free to promote whatever beliefs the author chooses, but it must do so with tact. This story falls into the same trap many overly-Christian books do: it comes off as a bit preachy and makes the other side look pitiless and irredeemable.
Nonetheless, I was still fully invested in the characters; especially Will, who is second only to Samwise Gamgee in my list of favorite characters.
It was a fitting, melancholy end to a well-crafted book series. I'm glad I read it, and I would still recommend it to anyone.