It's a shame this was the only book of the series to get made into a movie. That said, the book has, perhaps unsurprisingly, more to it than the movie did. I read this to see if it's appropriate for my 8-year-old to read - I don't think it is, in that although she has the vocabulary and comprehension I don't think it would hold her interest. It's definitely a potboiler up there with harry Potter but the writing is richer and more complex in tone and structure. I'd say it's more appropriate to a 10-year-old, minimum. The story itself was engaging, and painted a compelling world with very well-developed characters. I'm going to read the other two.
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grey not grey rated Virtual Light: 4 stars
Virtual Light by William Gibson (Bridge Trilogy, #1)
‘Chevette never stole things, or anyway not from other people, and definitely not when she was working.’
So how's she …
grey not grey rated The piano man's daughter: 3 stars
The piano man's daughter by Timothy Findley
Narrated by Charlie Kilworth, whose birth is an echo of his mother's own illegitimate beginnings, The Piano Man's Daughter is …
grey not grey rated The Nikopol Trilogy: 5 stars
The Nikopol Trilogy by Enki Bilal
Froid Équateur (published in English as Equator Cold and Cold Equator) is a science fiction graphic novel published in 1992, …
grey not grey rated The Subtle Knife: 4 stars
The Subtle Knife by Philip Pullman (His Dark Materials, #2)
Lost in a new world, Lyra finds Will—a boy on the run, a murderer—a worthy and welcome ally. For this …
grey not grey reviewed The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman
In a landmark epic of fantasy and storytelling, Philip Pullman invites readers into a world …
Review of 'The Golden Compass' on 'Goodreads'
4 stars
grey not grey rated A SLEEP OF PRISONERS: 3 stars
grey not grey rated Selected Journals of L. M. Montgomery, 1910-1921: 4 stars
grey not grey rated John Constantine Hellblazer: 3 stars
John Constantine Hellblazer by Mat Johnson
Hellblazer Special: Papa Midnite #1–5
grey not grey rated Fleurs du Mal: 4 stars
Fleurs du Mal by Charles Baudelaire
Les Fleurs du mal (French pronunciation: [le flœʁ dy mal]; English: The Flowers of Evil) is a volume of French …
grey not grey rated Berlin: 5 stars
Berlin by Jason Lutes (Berlin, #2)
The second volume of Jason Lutes’s historical epic finds the people of Weimar Berlin searching for answers after the lethal …
grey not grey rated Selected Journals of L. M. Montgomery, 1921-1929: 4 stars
grey not grey rated Judy Moody Saves the World!: 3 stars
Judy Moody Saves the World! by Reynolds, Peter, Megan McDonald, Isabel Mendoza
When Judy Moody gets serious about protecting the environment, her little brother Stink thinks she is overdoing it, but she …
Astrid Lindgren, Mini Grey: Pippi Longstocking in the South Seas (World of Astrid Lindgren) (2020, Oxford University Press)
Pippi Longstocking in the South Seas (World of Astrid Lindgren) by Astrid Lindgren, Mini Grey
The adventures of the strongest girl in the world, who takes her two friends with her when she travels from …