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jekylljuice · 02-14-2008, 07:27 AM

I finished reading the Amber Spyglass last night. On the whole, I thought it was magnificent. I mean, there were a couple of weaker aspects, most notably the input of those "mulefa" creatures, whose segments were a mite less engaging than the rest of the story and took a while to prove their worth, but the good stuff by far outweighed the bad. The story ended up going in a significantly different, far more interesting direction to what I was expecting, reaching a satisfying conclusion which tied up most of the major plot points very well. There's just one tiny leftover thing that bothers me:

Spoiler Below

The cat who befriended Will in the Subtle Life and later saved him from Mrs. Coulter's monkey...I may have missed something, but did she have any further significance at all? I'm left feeling that her role in the story was a bit of a deus ex machina, but I guess that's small potatoes.

Next up, I'm going to read Wicked by Gregory Maguire.

02-14-2008, 07:27 AM	#83
jekylljuice Executive Weasel Ball jekylljuice was here. Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: the 44th floor (not counting the mezzanine) Posts: 1,568	I finished reading the Amber Spyglass last night. On the whole, I thought it was magnificent. I mean, there were a couple of weaker aspects, most notably the input of those "mulefa" creatures, whose segments were a mite less engaging than the rest of the story and took a while to prove their worth, but the good stuff by far outweighed the bad. The story ended up going in a significantly different, far more interesting direction to what I was expecting, reaching a satisfying conclusion which tied up most of the major plot points very well. There's just one tiny leftover thing that bothers me: Spoiler Below The cat who befriended Will in the Subtle Life and later saved him from Mrs. Coulter's monkey...I may have missed something, but did she have any further significance at all? I'm left feeling that her role in the story was a bit of a deus ex machina, but I guess that's small potatoes. Next up, I'm going to read Wicked by Gregory Maguire. __________________ That's it, The End, But you'll get over it, My Friend.