The Amber Spyglass
A Fiction, Science Fiction, Fantasy book. We shouldn't live as if [other worlds] mattered more than this life in this world, because where we are is...
Will is the bearer of the knife. Now, accompanied by angels, his task is to deliver that powerful, dangerous weapon to Lord Asriel - by the command of his dying father.But how can he go looking for Lord Asriel when Lyra is gone? Only with her help can he fathom the myriad plots and and intrigues that beset him. The two great powers of the many worlds are lining up for war, and Will must find Lyra, for together they are on their way to battle, an inevitable journey that will even take them to the world of the dead...
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- Pages: 548 pages
- ISBN: 9780439993586 / 0
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All the history of human life has been a struggle between wisdom and stupidity. Philip Pullman, The Amber Spyglass We shouldn't live as if [other worlds] mattered more than this life in this world, because where we are is always the most important place. Philip Pullman, The Amber Spyglass ...But it gradually seemed to me that I'd made myself believe something that wasn't true. I'd made myself believe that I was fine and happy and fulfilled on my own without the love of anyone else. Being in love was like China: you knew it was there, and no doubt it was very interesting, and some people went there, but I never would. I'd spend all my life without ever going to China, but it wouldn't matter, because there was all the rest of the world to visit... And I thought: am I really going to spend the rest of my life without feeling that again?...
Oooooof.Too much. Way too much.Pullman's series concludes like it started. Good but nothing great. And tiring. Very. The Amber Spyglass weighs as much as the other two books put together....and then some. Pullman pulls in still MORE main characters and still MORE beings and still MORE complications and still MORE unlikely, unbelievable... This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. This review and reviews of the two other books in this trilogy are posted on my blog at http://inputs.wordpress.com/2008/12/1...This book is well written and the story really hooks you in, but I really disliked the philosophy Pullman is pushing. This philosophy... This review contains crude language, because I'm too pissed off to be eloquent at the moment. Reader beware.What the fuck did I just read? Seriously! What in the hell was that supposed to be?Spoilers ect ect ect. Everything I loved about the first book is completely gone, the author seems to have forgotten that he's telling a story...
