Literary reviews by Tim Love.
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Wednesday, 19 February 2020

"La Bussola D'oro" by Philip Pullman (Salani, 1996)

I disliked the film, so never read the books. But I liked the HBO/BBC adaption, so I tackled the trilogy. It re-uses ideas from elsewhere and re-combines them. Not sure about those clockwork flying spies. The book sags with the Balloon trip and Gruman's magic at the end of book 2.

As in many other books, characters can read a great deal in the faces and glances of others when it suits the plot.

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