'For much of the book, the narrative energy keeps up well: Pullman’s style is lively and physically specific, and the descriptions of the flood and its consequences are brilliantly done.' La Belle Sauvage has the feel of an extended preface thrillingly entertaining and beautifully written, but ultimately something of an introduction to the story proper we know follows thereafter.' - Lucy Scholes, The Independent.'The tension in Pullman between deep attraction to magic and fierce atheistic pragmatism resolves itself into a commitment to art - especially shipshapeliness this is a properly Romantic attitude.' - Marina Warner, The Guardian.Though La Belle Sauvage does not quite attain the fiery, magnificent heights of its predecessors, I’m certainly eager for the next two parts of this new trilogy 'Pullman’s imagination is so enticing that any new window into it is welcome and to connect once more with a fictional universe of such great power is a delight.'(A) thrilling adventure and a welcome return to the world of daemons and Dust, though it does suffer from some common prequel pitfalls.' - Christian Holub, Entertainment Weekly.'At the risk of drawing too downmarket a comparison, La Belle Sauvage functions a little like Rogue One does for the Star Wars universe: less a narrative ploughing ahead than a bit of retroactive plot-filling.' - The Economist.Generally positive, but also see/hope it's just the groundwork for the next two installments some issues with Pullman's tendentiousness La Belle Sauvage is the first volume in The Book of Dust-trilogyī : solid, entertaining foundations but then too much of a gush of rote 'adventure'.The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage - Canada General information | review summaries | our review | links | about the author Trying to meet all your book preview and review needs.

The Book of Dust (I): La Belle Sauvage - Philip Pullman

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