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Aboli Salvi aboli — ** spoiler alert ** I'm not at all bothered by the pagan underpinnings of this series, that's not why I'm giving The Golden Compass 2 stars. My primary issue is with the characters of Lord Asriel and Mrs. Coulter. I don't want to 'spoil' any plot points, but let's just say the one who's set up to be the good guy ultimately turns out to be pretty reprehensible, and the one who's set up to be the bad guy is eventually made out to look like, if not the "good" guy, then the slightly-less-bad-than-the-other-guy guy. I can appreciate character arc and change, but that isn't what's happening here. It's more like you learn some questionable stuff about the one who's supposed to be the good guy late in the story, which makes you question whether he's really a good guy at all, but he continues in a heroic role through the series. This isn't a case of the hero with a dark side either, this supposed good guy does something truly horrific at the end of this book, yet it seems we're still supposed to root for him. ---SPOILER ALERT---Also, this is a very, very long book, and the bulk of it centers on Lyra's journey to try and deliver the Golden Compass of the title to Lord Asriel. Yet after hanging in there through nearly two hundred pages of Lyra's trek through the snowy wilderness, filled with near-misses and close calls, when she finally arrives on Lord Asriel's doorstep near the end of the book, he tells her he doesn't need it and she can just keep it. The whole book is about her efforts to deliver the thing, and when she finally does, he doesn't even want it!! If I'd been reading a print edition of the book instead of an ebook, I'd have thrown that book against the wall in anger and frustration when I got to that part. Also, if you have a low tolerance for violence done against children, this is not the book for you.

David Rosazza drosazza — Richelle Mead grabs hold of my mind again. Literally going to Barnes and Noble right this moment to get the Golden Lily because I just cannot wait to see what happens next!

Rachel Villanueva antsonthetable — I am not rich enough in words to express my delight in this book. I was guided by another member of GR to this treasure and cannot begin to tell her how much I appreciate her suggestion that I read this. The book is so rich in characters and plot twists that it is not possible to adequately summarize it. However, I will say that the writing is beautiful and the story mesmerizing. The descriptions of this wonderfully created world are enough on their own to make reading this worthwhile. Add in characters for whom the reader quickly begins to care and you have the recipe for a page turner. The heroes are appropriately flawed and the villains are black-hearted fools. What more can the high fantasy reader ask? The plot holds frequent reminders of the Wars of the Roses as the struggle between the Starks and the Lannisters (sound familiar?) continues on its aeons long bloody course. There is also a taste of "Dune" in the relationships between the generations. The device Martin uses to keep the story going and the numerous threads all straight is to cut like a novelistic D.W. Griffith from person to person, revealing the events through separate sets of eyes. It is a startlingly effective technique. The final scene of the book is stunning. Although the principle element had been foreshadowed well before hand, the converging of the various plot lines makes it streak like a meteor into the mind. I am almost breathless, having just finished reading this the first book of a series (whose length is not yet determined). I shall read another sort of book to freshen my mental palate before I burrow into "A Clash of Kings". It is going to be hard to set this continuing story and its vivid characters to the back of my consciousness, even for a little while.