#40 – The Amber Spyglass, by Philip Pullman
I actually finished reading this on Thursday night (this being Saturday afternoon), but my allergies were so severe that I could barely think, let alone write a coherent blog post. Likewise last night after work. The allergies are with me still, but they have cleared sufficiently that I can now function more or less at my previous level, paltry and insufficient though that may be. The Amber Spyglass was not quite what the first two books were. It didn’t have the sense of fun, adventure and wonder of The Golden Compass, nor was there the sense of transition of The Subtle Knife. This was a book almost exclusively of conflict and self-discovery. It’s also a book of considerable controversy, probably more so than the other two. One of the big points of contention is the so-called “sex scene” near the end of the book. The two underage children do not… Continue Reading