Book review - His Dark Materials: Book one - The Golden Compass (aka Northern Lights in UK)
To anyone whom has not read this trilogy, don't waste another second. Rush out to your nearest Borders/Chapters/Indigo and pick it up....you won't be dis-appointed.
Written as a early-teen fantasy book, the content is darker and more philosophical than might be understood. On the surface, it's a story of a child, Lyra and her desperate search for her friend Roger whom has been abducted by Gobblers and taken North (bear with me). The story is a fast paced, frenetic juggernaut hurtling along at speed whilst underneath it all, there is the subtle undertone of a young girl coming of age, gaining maturity as well as dealing with innocence, morality and sin. Quite the melting pot...
Lyra, the pivotal character is literary icon up there with the Harry Potter's of this world. She is smart, gutsy, intelligent, loyal and brave. Much in the same veign as the aforementioed Mr. Potter this also takes from LOTR and Philip Pullman's writing is excellent. Never dull, full of imagery and rich descriptive text whilst keeping the plot moving along niceley.
The cliffhanger ending is fantastic and the final chapters were real page turners. I am 1/4 through book 2: The Subtle Knife and the plot keeps turning and twisting...I truly don't know whats going to happen next...I don't want it to end.
Along the way we have aready met witches, armoured bears, huge flying bats, gobblers, daemons I can't wait to see how this is going to look on the big screen. Did I not mention?
THE MOVIE IS IN PRODUCTION and already filming for release in Nov 2007!! A big budget box office spectacular is promised and Daniel Craig (new James Bond is Lord Asriel and Nicole Kidman is Mrs. Coulter) . I just hope they don't eff it up with cheap FX and scale back on some of the scenes (Iorek Byrnison and Iofur Raknisson stand-off springs to mind). I can't wait to see how Svalbard is going to look....Which is why I urge you to read it now. Before you lose the images your mind creates of this magical world before it's too late....
Enjoy.
Written as a early-teen fantasy book, the content is darker and more philosophical than might be understood. On the surface, it's a story of a child, Lyra and her desperate search for her friend Roger whom has been abducted by Gobblers and taken North (bear with me). The story is a fast paced, frenetic juggernaut hurtling along at speed whilst underneath it all, there is the subtle undertone of a young girl coming of age, gaining maturity as well as dealing with innocence, morality and sin. Quite the melting pot...
Lyra, the pivotal character is literary icon up there with the Harry Potter's of this world. She is smart, gutsy, intelligent, loyal and brave. Much in the same veign as the aforementioed Mr. Potter this also takes from LOTR and Philip Pullman's writing is excellent. Never dull, full of imagery and rich descriptive text whilst keeping the plot moving along niceley.
The cliffhanger ending is fantastic and the final chapters were real page turners. I am 1/4 through book 2: The Subtle Knife and the plot keeps turning and twisting...I truly don't know whats going to happen next...I don't want it to end.
Along the way we have aready met witches, armoured bears, huge flying bats, gobblers, daemons I can't wait to see how this is going to look on the big screen. Did I not mention?
THE MOVIE IS IN PRODUCTION and already filming for release in Nov 2007!! A big budget box office spectacular is promised and Daniel Craig (new James Bond is Lord Asriel and Nicole Kidman is Mrs. Coulter) . I just hope they don't eff it up with cheap FX and scale back on some of the scenes (Iorek Byrnison and Iofur Raknisson stand-off springs to mind). I can't wait to see how Svalbard is going to look....Which is why I urge you to read it now. Before you lose the images your mind creates of this magical world before it's too late....
Enjoy.
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