I found the last book of Pullman's trilogy deeply disappointing. I
wouldn't have given him any prizes for it. I felt an urge to tell him to
go away and write it again, properly. The sentimentality of the ending
had a particularly glutinous quality I'd not encountered since Sylvie
and Bruno.
The first book is amazing, though, and the second's not bad.
--
Peter
http://www.hphoward.demon.co.uk/poetry/
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