The Amber Spyglass by Philip Pullman

The Amber Spyglass (His Dark Materials, #3)

by Philip Pullman

HIS DARK MATERIALS IS NOW AN HBO ORIGINAL SERIES STARRING DAFNE KEEN, RUTH WILSON, JAMES McAVOY, AND LIN-MANUEL MIRANDA!

The unforgettable His Dark Materials trilogy that began with The Golden Compass—the modern fantasy classic that Entertainment Weekly named an "All-Time Greatest Novel" and Newsweek hailed as a "Top 100 Book of All Time"—and continued with The Subtle Knife, reaches its astonishing conclusion in The Amber Spyglass.


Throughout the worlds, the forces of both heaven and hell are mustering to take part in Lord Asriel's audacious rebellion. Each player in this epic drama has a role to play—and...Read more

Reviewed by bettyehollands on

2 of 5 stars

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I would give it 1.5 stars if I could. My friends warned me that the series really jumps the shark in this book but I had no idea. I had assumed that it would be about as radical as a departure as Book 2 was from Book 1 but boy was I wrong. I'm thankful that the book is short and easy to read, otherwise I don't know if I would have finished it even though I was curious how the story was resolved. Only worthwhile if, like me, you have to finish a series or if you really liked the second book. I know I'm being pretty harsh so I should say that it was OK, nothing miserable it just totally missed on all the magic of the first book and just felt very anticlimactic.

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