The second book in Philip Pullman's Dark Materials trilogy, The Subtle Knife, was a little disappointing. The first three-quarters of the book was somewhat boring. We're following around our 10 year old heroin, Lyra, who doesn't know or learn much of what's going on so we're mostly left in the dark until close to the end of the book. We eventually find out more about what's going on, and the cliff-hanger at the end of this book leaves the reader anxious to find out what happens next. It's not bad, but I have higher expectations for the pace of the last book. I guess this book fell deeply into the pit that most second books of triliogies fall into: The Great Pit of Nothing Much Happens Because I'm Saving It All For The End Of My Epic Trilogy.
Tuesday, August 5, 2008
Book Review: The Subtle Knife
The second book in Philip Pullman's Dark Materials trilogy, The Subtle Knife, was a little disappointing. The first three-quarters of the book was somewhat boring. We're following around our 10 year old heroin, Lyra, who doesn't know or learn much of what's going on so we're mostly left in the dark until close to the end of the book. We eventually find out more about what's going on, and the cliff-hanger at the end of this book leaves the reader anxious to find out what happens next. It's not bad, but I have higher expectations for the pace of the last book. I guess this book fell deeply into the pit that most second books of triliogies fall into: The Great Pit of Nothing Much Happens Because I'm Saving It All For The End Of My Epic Trilogy.
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