The Amber Spyglass by Philip Pullman Book Review by gremyarts, literature
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The Amber Spyglass by Philip Pullman Book Review
The third and final entry of author Philip Pullman’s His Dark Materials trilogy opens with various poems from other writers setting the story’s mood, with each chapter, akin to the Dune series, opening with a philosophical quote. In the beginning a girl named Ama talks with Mrs. Coulter, who shows the young one her sleeping daughter Lyra. In the meantime, for the first few chapters, a fragmented substory is presented with Lyra and Roger in the world of the dead. Back in the land of the living, Will Parry wants to find Lyra and Serafina Pekkala.
Lyra’s father Lord Asriel seeks his daughter, as well, amassing angelic forces,