Garnigal reviewed The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman (His Dark Materials, #1)
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1 star
My daughter got the His Dark Materials trilogy a while ago, and we finally delved into reading it. Reading it aloud is challenging; the prose doesn’t flow well, the combination of pseudo-science and pseudo-religion mixes into an absurd blend of complicated but ultimately unappealing world building.
I think the only reason this book got famous was because it pissed off the Christians and the controversy put it in the news. We are atheists, so the challenge to Christianity doesn’t impact us. If this was supposed to rebut Narnia, it’s really too bad it was so terribly written, especially in comparison to Lewis’ genius.
