Il cannocchiale d'Ambra

This is the way the world endsNot with a bang but a whimper. -T.S. Eliot Warning: Contains spoilers. The Amber Spyglass is the final volume in His Dark Materials trilogy. I really enjoyed Northern Lights (or The Golden Compass as it is titled in the US), the first volume of the trilogy. Pullman introduc Leggi tutto

(A-) 83% | Very Good Notes: A sad but necessary ending; its exceptional last chapters may have seemed unconvincing if penned by a lesser writer.

Okay....first...make no mistake, this review contains spoilers. Now, having read the first book (5 stars) and the second book (3 stars) I had some hope for this book. But, this book was an excruciating head-hammering look at an author making all the wrong moves. 1: Lyra's sublimation to Will becomes Leggi tutto

My entire review could be this: Phillip Pullman's "The Amber Spyglass" is one of the poorest closing books of a trilogy ever written. But I feel compelled to continue. At one point, I actually stopped reading "The Amber Spyglass," put it down and vowed not to finish, but I wanted to be able to slag

I would not have read this book were it not for my friend Pat E. who told me several years ago that it was one of the best books she had ever read, and also said it was the first children’s book to have won England’s prestigious Whitbread Prize for Literature. So I read the whole series over the nex Leggi tutto

i just decided to copy-and-paste a response i wrote regarding this book in one of the GR groups. that is inexcusably lazy. so sue me! also, it is full of SPOILERS. - i think one of the most unique things about this book is the fact that one protagonist is a liar and the other is a murderer. not only Leggi tutto

- George, wake up! - Ungh... what time is it? - I think about four am. You were having a nightmare. - Mmmn. - Hey, you're shaking. Come over here. It's alright. Do you want to tell me about it? - Ann Coulter and Satan jump into the void and pull him down with them. The evil archangel. - I'm sorry? - Ah, Leggi tutto

If you haven’t read the ENTIRE three books, please don’t read any further. I wouldn’t want to spoil it for you because the ending is so endearing and…..lasting, that I would HATE to take it away from you. I absolutely fell in love with Lyra. Didn’t you? She was the sister I wish I would have had gro Leggi tutto

“All the history of human life has been a struggle between wisdom and stupidity.” “I stopped believing there was a power of good and a power of evil that were outside us. And I came to believe that good and evil are names for what people do, not for what they are.” “I

The Amber Spyglass (His Dark Materials, #3), Philip Pullman His Dark Materials is an epic trilogy of fantasy novels by Philip Pullman consisting of Northern Lights (1995, published as The Golden Compass in North America), The Subtle Knife (1997), and The Amber Spyglass (2000). It follows the coming