Widely liked, but didn’t do it for me. Though that’s not quite right: I adored the setup: Oxford, the river, the journey. But soon, it became preachy the same way the Narnia books did (only, of course, for an opposed cause). I can’t stand preachy books for children.

The Golden Compass
author: | Philip Pullman (1995) |
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series: | His Dark Materials #1 |
date read: | 2008-11-01 |
pages: | 399 |
lists: | fantasy , german , ya |
rating: | β β β β β |