Back to old form almost

A super cliffhanger and a much more intriguing story than in the last book. Can't imagine any reader will approve of the rater brutish love story clumsily unfolding. Awkward and without any substance. This aside it is especially good as an audio book although some detail in the story is sadly missing. The finaley is a bit out of the blue... Loved it.

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Einfach nur ein großartiges Buch

Der Sprecher: fantastisch

Wer hätte gedacht, dass die Nachfolge-Bücher zu His Dark Materials so gut sind.

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Tolle und spannende Geschichte

Das Buch ist sehr spannend und nimmt einen mit auf eine fantastische Reise. Hoffentlich kommt die Fortsetzung schnell! 😸

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Perfect

A perfect blend of beautiful and thrilling storytelling, magical adventurous plot and brilliant narration.

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outstanding dramatic reading

of a finely woven tale of growing complexity and suspense that forms an excellent companion to the earlier His Dark Materials.

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Fantastic speaker, mostly good storytelling

Audio book/ speaker:

Reading the book yourself is fun but in this case I would certainly recommend for everyone who is interested to listen to it in audio format! Michael Sheen brings the story across expertly and gives it such rich atmosphere and complexety that it almost feels like you just saw it happen in front of your own eyes! He is excellent at constructing and depicting the different personality traits of each character merely by the use of voice and tonality! A pleasure to listen to!

story:

As for the story itself, this one is much more complex than its prequel "La Belle Sauvage". Whereas "La Belle sauvage" could easily be read by older children, who have read the "His dark materials" series beforehand, I would recommend for them to wait a few years until they read/ listen to this one. Not only does it have a more complex storyline, it also includes themes more adult than its prequel. Though it has a colourful, fantasy looking cover, it's definitely not a children's book.

Otherwise this is a good adventure narrative, all set in Lyra's world which includes deamons and other creatures part of the "secret Commonwealth". It's also a sort of coming of age story for Lyra, who may be 20 already, but of course coming of age isn't limited to puberty. Apart from that it is a story with multiple narrative arcs that all lead to some bigger picture which is still unknown thus far and will be explored in the third book of the series.

Conclusion:

If you enjoyed "His dark materials" and/ or other books by Philip Pullman set in this world, you will probably enjoy this one, though it is more adult and darker than the others. If you're a newcomer and you've read "La Belle sauvage" , I would recommend to also read "His dark materials", no matter what age you are. As for this one, it is quite lengthy and you'd have to enjoy a long adventure tale and when you're still new to this world, it might be a bit too intense to keep you going all the way to the end, if you're not really interested in it all.

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Disappointed

I should start by saying that I'm an enormous fan of Pullman, I love the original trilogy and have read it many times.
I am disappointed with the new book. don't miss me, it's great, but just a few characters that aren't explored deeply enough are introduced and some plot points are just pushed too much. while in the original books I never knew what was going to happen, here I could predict the book in advance after a few chapters. it feels like instead of having been constructed in the moment, this book had the end or story written first, and then the rest of the chapters was filled in one by one (exaggerated but kinda true) still a fan though, and still liked it

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The secret commonwealth

Exciting to the very end!Typical Pullman, couldn’t stop listening. Very well read. Can‘t wait for the sequel.

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Really good but sometimes problematic

Really good but sometimes problematic. Without spoilers, certain characters act slightly odd and uncomfortably. Otherwise, really good story.

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Boring and without ending

Die Geschichte langatmig und hätte zu Ende gebracht werden sollen. Es fehlt an Spannung und die Personen, auf die Lyra trifft, sind ohne Tiefe und recht simpel zu durchschauen

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