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sira_underhill ([personal profile] janetlin) wrote2008-08-30 02:35 pm

Book #20 - The Subtle Knife

The main reason for the huge gap since my last update is that I was struggling through this book here. Yep, a month plus. Bleh. For as much as I liked The Golden Compass, The Subtle Knife just really didn't do it for me. I never really did get drawn into the story, and I only finished it because I was determined to do so. Now I feel the same sense of obligation to read the final book, but I'm not sure that's really a very good motivation to read anything. Folks who have read it, is it worth it? I know it's hardly fair to judge a trilogy by its second installment, so I'm at least willing to give it a try if I don't hear nothing but negative reviews.

Title: The Subtle Knife
Author: Philip Pullman
Pages: 326


20 / 24 books. 83% done!

[identity profile] realta-dubh.livejournal.com 2008-08-30 09:52 pm (UTC)(link)
I felt much like you. As much as I was in love with the first I was ambivalent about the next two. Honestly, I wouldn't bother if your reading list is as long as mine.

[identity profile] janetlin.livejournal.com 2008-08-30 09:55 pm (UTC)(link)
Taken into advisement, thanks!