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The Subtle Knife (His Dark Materials, Book 2)

by Philip Pullman

Though ostensibly written for children, this heroic and heart-wrenching His Dark Materials trilogy is beloved by readers of all ages. These three novels unlock the door to parallel universes where demons and winged creatures live side by side with humans, and a mysterious entity called Dust just might have the power to unite the universes—if it isn't destroyed first. Lyra, Pantalaimon,... (read more)

Top tags: fantasy,  fiction,  young adult,  his dark materials,  philip pullman (all tags)

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vodkapop
  • Rated 4 stars

“The ending caught me by surprise. I really don't know what to say about it. I guess it makes you want to want to start the third book quickly.. and find out what happens next. This is a bigger page-turner than the first book, but story-wise, i think the first book is better.”

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  • Rated 4.08384 stars
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  • Rated 4.5 stars
  

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  • Helge M

    helge m said:

    “There is an important point raised by some of the discussion here:

    majestas says: ...charecters didn't distinguish between the will of the "Authority" and what people just did because THEY thought was right...

    Well, how do people tell the difference?

    Essentially we each of us rely on our non-religious understanding of morality to make judgments of what we think religions tell us. Some people think murder in the name of their deity is OK, and others, using the very same religious background, the very same scriptures, would rather die than hurt a fellow human being. There is no objective way to say that one was doing what their deity wanted them to do, while the other was doing something else.

    For that reason the difference between religions and their practitioners is not really germane to this issue. ”

    posted Thursday, April 10 2008
  • Beth H

    beth h said:

    “I just finished the second book. I have the impression that in Pullmans universe the devil won and killed God and now there are no longer any good entities”

    posted Thursday, April 3 2008
  • Magi H

    magi h said:

    “Does anyone know what year this might be set in? It gets kinda confusing sometimes...”

    posted Tuesday, April 1 2008 ( | view 2 replies )
  • Rogue3w

    rogue3w said:

    “I found this to be a much faster pace than the first book. This is also where most of the "anti-religious" ideas occur, I didn't find them so apparent in the first book.
    Would recommend the the first two books at least, to anyone that is looking for an adventure, a chase or just a lot of fast action. I have seen how a lot of people are disappointed in the trilogy by the end of the third book, but I will hold my comments until I have read this to completion.”

    posted Saturday, March 29 2008
  • Michael B

    michael b said:

    “Really enjoyed this series right up until the end. Then (and I really did this) the book got thrown at the wall. Not at all happy with the finish. Other than that and maybe it was just me thay are great”

    posted Wednesday, March 19 2008 ( | view 1 reply )
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