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The Show Improves the Faults of the Book

The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman

December 18, 2020 by The Chancellor Leave a Comment

The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman My rating: 3 of 5 stars This is my second time reading this book and, just like the first time I read it, I’m conflicted about it. For the first half of the book I find the protagonist, Lyra Belacqua, obnoxious and unrelatable. I’m not a fan of the precocious child protagonist archetype. Maybe if I had read this as a kid and wasn’t looking at her through adult eyes it might be different. Once Lyra begins her quest […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Young Adult Tagged With: Philip Pullman

The Chancellor's CBR12 Review No:28 · Genres: Fiction, Young Adult · Tags: Philip Pullman ·
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CBR Diversions – Dream Casting

June 26, 2020 by teresaelectro 20 Comments

As a lover of all things pop culture, I love to read and watch book adaptations on the big and small screen. I first saw HBO’s True Blood series before absolutely devouring the Charlaine Harris Sookie Stackhouse books. Same for The Golden Compass, which was panned by critics, but led to me reading the His Dark Materials trilogy by Philip Pullman. The screen versions captivated me and I simply had to know the literary origins of the characters. When I read a particularly engaging novel, […]

Filed Under: News from MsWas Tagged With: a long way to a small angry planet, Becky Chambers, book game, Cannon Book Club, CBR Diversions, Charlaine Harris, dream cast, His Dark Materials, Philip Pullman, sci-fi, sookie stackhouse, The Future is Queer

Post by teresaelectro · Genres: News from MsWas · Tags: a long way to a small angry planet, Becky Chambers, book game, Cannon Book Club, CBR Diversions, Charlaine Harris, dream cast, His Dark Materials, Philip Pullman, sci-fi, sookie stackhouse, The Future is Queer ·
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An adventure in name, but almost not in reality

The Adventures of John Blake: Mystery of the Ghost Ship by Philip Pullman

April 9, 2020 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

The Adventures of John Blake: Mystery of the Ghost Ship by Philip Pullman had a lot of potential. But it never really got off the ground. Sure, it had a James Bond meets every Ghost Ship story you know. And sure, the graphic novel illustrations were nice. Fred Fordham did To Kill A Mockingbird that I enjoyed. And I would like to see his adaptation of The Great Gatsby this summer. But something about the overall package never “did it” for me. The story has elements of […]

Filed Under: Children's, Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novel/Comic, History, Mystery, Romance, Young Adult Tagged With: Fred Fordham, Philip Pullman

BlackRaven's CBR12 Review No:152 · Genres: Children's, Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novel/Comic, History, Mystery, Romance, Young Adult · Tags: Fred Fordham, Philip Pullman ·
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I can see the future, it’s a real dark place

The Secret Commonwealth by Philip Pullman

January 2, 2020 by Ellesfena 2 Comments

Oh, how I loved the first book in this trilogy (La Belle Sauvage)! It was one of my favorite books of 2018, and I had such high hopes for The Secret Commonwealth. Maybe, had my expectations been a little lower, I would have enjoyed this more. Sadly, The Secret Commonwealth ended up being rather disappointing. The Secret Commonwealth starts with Lyra Silvertongue, now in her early 20s, as a student St. Sophia’s College in Oxford. We also learn in the first part of the book […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction Tagged With: lyra silvertongue, Philip Pullman, The Book of Dust, the secret commonwealth

Ellesfena's CBR12 Review No:3 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction · Tags: lyra silvertongue, Philip Pullman, The Book of Dust, the secret commonwealth ·
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“You’re in a world full of color and you want to see it in black and white.”

The Secret Commonwealth (The Book of Dust, #2) by Philip Pullman

December 30, 2019 by narfna Leave a Comment

Firstly, this was very compelling. I haven’t spent really any time wondering what happened to Lyra since we last left her, if I’m being honest (I liked that nebulous hopefulness at the end of Amber Spyglass that let you assume she would do the work of building the Republic of Heaven on earth, that she would eventually find love that would let her move on from Will, etc.). But as soon as she and Pan appeared on the page, I realized that I had missed them and […]

Filed Under: Fantasy Tagged With: #fantasy, lyra silvertongue, narfna, Philip Pullman, The Book of Dust, the secret commonwealth

narfna's CBR11 Review No:154 · Genres: Fantasy · Tags: #fantasy, lyra silvertongue, narfna, Philip Pullman, The Book of Dust, the secret commonwealth ·
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