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The Golden Compass (His Dark Materials, #1)
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Jesse (JesseTheReader)'s review
Jan 01, 2014
Read 2 times. Last read January 11, 2014 to January 25, 2014.
I struggled with this one. I felt the story was very slow and I understand that it's the first in a trilogy and the author had to do some world building, but even so I felt there were details that were left unexplained, details that needed explaining.
I'm having a problem understanding why this is considered a children's book. I can't imagine a child fully understanding all the political banter that takes place in the first section of the book. Also there are things like Daemons that aren't fully explained until the end of the book. I was even confused as to exactly what they were until it was explained.
Towards the end of the story things did start to pick up and I did start enjoying it more, but I'm not sure if I enjoyed it enough to pick up the next book in the trilogy.
I'm having a problem understanding why this is considered a children's book. I can't imagine a child fully understanding all the political banter that takes place in the first section of the book. Also there are things like Daemons that aren't fully explained until the end of the book. I was even confused as to exactly what they were until it was explained.
Towards the end of the story things did start to pick up and I did start enjoying it more, but I'm not sure if I enjoyed it enough to pick up the next book in the trilogy.
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Jan 23, 2014 09:50PM
*-* i love this book so much <3
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the funny thing is I loved this book when I was 12 but when I reread it last year I was really disappointed
I could never get through this book! It always bored me, so I gave up.
I read the first two and half of the third. While I enjoyed them all at the time, I don't know if it was all put together in the most coherent, smooth way possible.
This was one of my favorite series as a child! I love it so much! I definitely think you should give the second book a chance!
I also have no idea why it's a children's book, but as an adult I love the deeper concepts behind it.
The second and the third book are a lot more fast-paced than the first one, and I enjoyed them both more than the first one. (The last one is my favourite) The details left unexplained will be elaborated on in the other books, so if you want to find out, I'd recommend reading them. However the pacing never gets very fast, it is a series that requires some paatience.
I saw the movie for this book and I actually really enjoyed the movie. My Aunt says that it's one of her favorite series (maybe she understands it more cause she's older). But I have the golden compass trilogy actually! I wonder what I'll think.
I always found the first book to be slow, but I did read the second and third and found them much more fast-paced and engaging, at least when I was 12.
I love this trilogy but I always struggle to get through book 1. Also, I agree about why it's a children's book. I first read them a long time ago and I remember understanding very little of book. It's too political and philosophical to be a children's story.
two stars?! are you serious? :(
Have you seen the movie Jesse? I watched the movie a few years ago and I really enjoyed it which is why I decided to read the books. You should watch it! You might enjoy it more
I agree with Jessie the reader I started this on when I was 14 and was totally confused an wondering what so many things were that were not explained
When I read it the first time (at age seven), all my teachers told me I was not going to understand anything. I ended up understanding more than they did... even all of the politics and daemons and story lines.It could just be how one sees the world that others understand less than others. like a connection thing? I don't know... I've found that talking about the book that adults tend to understand it less or focus too much on the underlying themes like politics instead of the general gist and children tend to understand it more.
Jesse I’m a kid and I agree with what you said about the political banter, I often just skimmed over those parts. Also I found Philip Pullmans writing style hard to get into. But overall I found the book good enough to continue with the series.
