I feel like the plot kind of goes off the rails by the third book, and strains my credulity. I couldn't follow where Pullman went.
No. You're missing the point. The design of the thing is functional. The plan is not to shoot you. The plan is to get the girl. If there's no girl, then the plan, well, is like the room.
Early ,'Objects In Space'
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There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."
Dana - Jan 26, 2008 10:11:13 am PST #4897 of 28343
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Steph L. - Jan 26, 2008 10:15:23 am PST #4898 of 28343
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
So it's worth reading at least the second?
Dana - Jan 26, 2008 10:17:41 am PST #4899 of 28343
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
I'm way too much of a completist to advise not finishing a trilogy. I think there are other people around who probably liked the series more, and might have stuff to say in its favor.
Consuela - Jan 26, 2008 10:23:18 am PST #4900 of 28343
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
I agree with Dana. I still liked the second one, because it does more world-building and introduces some new characters, but the third one kind of lost me. At some point, I may reread it, but as I recall being utterly confused by the plot and exhausted by dodging Pullman's thematic anvils.
lisah - Jan 26, 2008 10:35:16 am PST #4901 of 28343
Punishingly Intricate
At some point, I may reread it, but as I recall being utterly confused by the plot and exhausted by dodging Pullman's thematic anvils.
I reread them all recently and, while I think I actually ended up liking the 2nd book better than the rest, the 3rd still left me disappointed for the reasons everyone has said.
Glamcookie - Jan 26, 2008 10:39:19 am PST #4902 of 28343
I know my own heart and understand my fellow man. But I am made unlike anyone I have ever met. I dare to say I am like no one in the whole world. - Anne Lister
Book 2 was great and book 3 was great up until the ending, which was disappointing. Still worth reading the whole thing, though.
brenda m - Jan 26, 2008 10:57:18 am PST #4903 of 28343
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Some of the character development in the second book drove me batty, so I haven't picked up the third one. I did love the first book.
Gris - Jan 26, 2008 1:53:30 pm PST #4904 of 28343
Hey. New board.
Read the whole series. I kinda like the third book in a lot of ways, though I understand everybody's discussion. The second book, I loved.
Kate P. - Jan 26, 2008 3:35:30 pm PST #4905 of 28343
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love
I love all three books!
§ ita § - Jan 26, 2008 3:39:53 pm PST #4906 of 28343
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Kate's on crack.
No offense, but my opinion is the only right one.
Me, I disliked the third enough that it tarnished the second and almost the first. But before I read #3 I really liked the first two.