logo
Wrong email address or username
Wrong email address or username
Incorrect verification code

The Subtle Knife - Community Reviews back

by Philip Pullman
sort by language
Wayward Kitsune
Wayward Kitsune rated it 12 years ago
For the full review, please visit Thoughts and PensCompared to The Golden Compass, The Subtle Knife is tamer in terms of battle and gory scenes but nevertheless a stunning momentum to unravel the climax of the whole story (which I hope would be magnificently delivered in the third book). It mostly ...
vnorthw
vnorthw rated it 12 years ago
I reviewed His Dark Materials as a series, so you can read my non-spoiler review here. I gave the overall series 4 stars.AudiobookI listened to the audiobook version of the entire series and quite enjoyed them. The book is narrated by author Philip Pullman and a full cast and was very well done. The...
Brad Horner's Books
Brad Horner's Books rated it 12 years ago
There's less action and a hell of a lot more story-meat in this book. I'm enjoying it immensely, especially for all of the John Milton tones. It also has a beautiful synthesis of anthropology and religion that I can't help but giggle at.
MatthewHunter
MatthewHunter rated it 12 years ago
"I know whom we must fight. It is the Magisterium, the church. For all its history ... it's tried to suppress and control every natural impulse. And when it can't control them, it cuts them out. ... [E]very church is the same: control, destroy, obliterate every good feeling." -- Ruta Skadi, Queen of...
lauracrean5
lauracrean5 rated it 12 years ago
loved it - the whole concept, characters, worlds - everything - brilliant, what an clever and intelligent man
Rhin
Rhin rated it 12 years ago
I have loved this book since I was a child. I remember reading it when I was only six, and I remember not understanding everything, but still enjoying myself. Now I am an adult I have grown and I now understand this book on a whole other level, but I am still enjoying myself as much as when I was si...
Lunar Rainbows Reviews
Lunar Rainbows Reviews rated it 13 years ago
As I'm writing this review, I admit I have absolutely no idea how to rate this book. In some respects it is just as good as it's predecessor The Golden Compass (which I rated 4-stars); the writing style is beautiful, intelligent, and some passages ring so incredibly true in my heart that it gives...
Grack21
Grack21 rated it 13 years ago
I hate this book.Hate hate hate hate hate hate hate. It took everything I loved about the first one and craps on it.The Highlander 2 of fantasy.
Jennavier
Jennavier rated it 13 years ago
It's funny. I was all set up to hate this book. I mean, it's all about how the war in heaven went down with the wrong side losing. God is an evil dictator. As a member of the LDS church and a Christian that stands against everything I stand for. Except well.... It didn't. After all this book wa...
jaydamber
jaydamber rated it 13 years ago
A great read, pretty much as enjoyable as the first. Lots more information about the worlds and tying up a couple of loose ends, ten right at the end everything goes all mysterious again. I will definitely read the last one soon. Phillip Pullman is an exceptional writer, and I can tell alot of thoug...
Need help?