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The Amber Spyglass

His Dark Materials, Book 3

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The Amber Spyglass

By: Philip Pullman
Narrated by: Philip Pullman, Full Cast
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The classic recording of The Amber Spyglass, read by Philip Pullman and a full cast of narrators.

'We're going to the land of the dead and we're going to come back.'
Will and Lyra, whose fates are bound together by powers beyond their own worlds, have been violently separated.?
But they must find each other, for ahead of them lies the greatest war that has ever been - and a journey to a dark place from which no one has ever returned....?
The full cast of narrators includes: Philip Pullman, Joanna Wyatt, Rupert Degas, Alison Dowling, Douglas Blackwell, Jill Shilling, Stephen Thorne, Sean Barrett, Garrick Hagon, John O'Connor and Susan Sheridan.

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©2000 Philip Pullman (P)2021 Penguin Audio Fantasy Science Fiction & Fantasy Fiction
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A lyrical Lyra tale, multi layered like the aleithiometer, that resonates in my heart-mind. So many characters I warmed to, who built a wee kingdom in this readers inner world..

A Delicious Delight

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I was not a big fan of Lyra’s voice actor but overall I enjoyed the story.

Voice improvements

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Great series, enjoyed all three. Spoilers, would have liked a bit more detail for what happened to some of the minor characters, other than that a great listen. Very well performed.

Good book

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The whole cast was amazing. I truly loved this series and got well caught up in the magic of these books. I can see why "the church" was upset about it, but it wouldn't be the first time nor will it be the last that a religion will be used in a book, or be seen as potentially evil in a book. I wouldn't take that part too seriously in my day to day life. I loved how the series was wound up too. Too many series end almost straight after the big battle leaving alot of questions to mind but this answered all the pressing ones. I thoroughly enjoyed this Audio book series.

Loved it.

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Absolutely love this series. The full cast narration is really enjoyable and easy to listen to.
The Amber Spyglass is my favourite book of the series.

Excellent!

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The conclusion of this trilogy fuses philosophy, poetry and adventure. It is truly one of the great fantasy / adventure books of English literature. Lyra, Will, Serafina Pekkala, Iorek Bernstein will live with me forever. Beautifully read and realised too.

Outstanding book.

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This story was mind blowing. So much deep creativity has gone into creating so many amazing worlds and an incredible story that weaves through them.

Amazing story

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I mean I am slow. Face palm. The main characters literally have their souls outside themselves and they call them ‘demons’ but still I made it through the first 2 books thinking ‘it’s ok, it’s ok’. This third book is very much more obviously anti God and pro the other guys… the ‘dark-side’ ie Satan and co. Eeek I feel dirty now after listening so long. I did read review comments looking for Christian warnings (which I didn’t find) so I am leaving this here so Christians will know. I wish I’d googled these books before I wasted my credits especially this third one 😭

Christian’s beware. Not suitable for us. DNF due to anti-God rhetoric

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I’m glad I listened with my daughter…the concepts aren’t really appropriate. It gets weird. I’d recommend waiting for teens. Good voice acting though.

Not a kids book

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The series is an interesting concept, but this book in particular had a number of very frustrating plot devices like plot induced stupidity. Multiple characters act uncharacteristically and generally unreasonably in order to create a conflict that drives the plot forward. The ending was also generally unsatisfying and there were a number of loose ends and inconsistencies in the world building which are a bit disappointing. Overall, I wouldn’t recommend the series.

Interesting concept - frustrating narrative devices

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