His Dark Materials His Dark Materials: Lyra's Oxford, (Paperback)

from bostonian71

Much, much too short and incomplete. This should really be the prologue to a longer narrative rather than something published on its own, and it won't have much meaning to folks who haven't already read the His Dark Materials trilogy. Some of the "travel documents" reinforce this impression inste...

from MillieHennessy

This is a quick little peek into Lyra's life after the events of the third book. So quick that it should be called 3.25. I fail to see how it really connects to anything or adds to the world. It was nice to simply read more about her and Pan though. I'm glad I got this book for a few bucks thoug...

from matto1990

A nice little story however so short that it is almost not worth reading. The entire book took me about an hour to read and only adds a little to the overall story of Lyra. I would have loved more from this book but there isn't that much in it.

from rocalisa

I've given this a mediocre rating. It was a nice little story about Lyra and Pan, but didn't feel particularly necessary. Either there's very little substance here, or Pullman is being so clever (and the included postcard, maps etc etc certainly imply he's trying to be clever) that I don't get it...

from Haltiamieli

First and foremost, this is a small book. In length, and also in substance. Decidedly so, no doubt, but it is easy to understand why so many of us have asked, after spending half an hour reading through this: "Is this all? Is this it? Nothing more?" And there is no more (of course, we already do ...