Book of Dust: The Book of Dust: The Secret Commonwealth (Book of Dust, Volume 2) (Audiobook)

from pierthinker

This is the second part of ‘The Book of Dust' (the first part is ‘La Belle Sauvage') and is itself a follow on from Pullman's earlier trilogy, ‘His Dark Materials'. The earlier series featured Lyra Belacqua, a brave and feisty young girl of about 11 or 12. In ‘La Belle Sauvage' we meet Lyra as a ...

from overthemoon

Twenty years after the events of La Belle Sauvage, and after those of His Dark Materials, we find Lyra studying at Oxford, and not getting on with her daemon, Pantaleimon. The narrative moves swiftly after Pantaleimon witnesses a murder, taking Lyra across Europe to Prague, Istanbul, Smyrna on he...

from mooingzelda

I loved the first instalment of The Book of Dust so much that I was a little worried that I might not like the newest as much. I'm so pleased that I was of course proved wrong! Like La Belle Sauvage, The Secret Commonwealth is darker than the His Dark Materials trilogy, with several very upsettin...

from basilisksam

I found the previous volume, La Belle Sauvage, a pleasant enough read and very well written but somewhat unnecessary. Yes Lyra's back story was interesting but the nature of the tale read as though Pullman had purposefully constructed the narrative to follow the Hero's Journey. Nothing wrong with...

from Agnesium

Without spoilers, without even a coherent view on the many many hints and nods to the world as it is or should be or could be (may be later?), let's just say the book has entered my brain, heart and soul and I hope it will never leave.