His Dark Materials
2000 • 399 pages

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Average rating4.2

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The Amber Spyglass: 3/5

I didn't enjoy the last book as much as I did the first one because it mostly dealt with the topic of religion and the significance of Lyra and Will, and so on. It didn't seem fantasy-like to me anymore and almost felt like surrealism.

If I'm being honest with myself, I didn't fully understand the concept of Dust, in the end, and how the ending affected all mankind. I might have to re-read the whole series sometime in the future to fully grasp the meaning of everything.

What I did love about this last part was the relationship between Lyra and Will. I shouldn't be going into the details but, it was very touching how young they are yet the decisions they made are very mature. It was inspiring to me.

September 15, 2019