His Dark Materials

So I find myself reading, which is not that common for me. Since Winter semester ended I have read at least eleven books, and I am in the middle of three more! I have enjoyed every book I have picked up this summer, but my favorites are the "His Dark Materials" trilogy. This trilogy includes The Golden Compass, The Subtle Knife, and The Amber Spyglass. They are of the Fantasy genre. I don't want to write too much about them for fear of giving the plot away to unsuspecting readers, but these books are simply amazing. The Golden Compass took my breath away. It was so exotic and exciting that the entire time I was reading I was wishing I could just live it! The Sublte Knife was, at least for me, a much slower and harder read simply because it did not keep the same pace as its predecesor, but it was the perfect prelude to The Amber Spyglass. This final book stole my heart. This final book brings the story to a very gratifying close. The entire trilogy was simply breathtaking. I loved the setting(s), the characters, the symbolism behind the characters, the idea of a physical manifestation of a soul (called a daemon), the inner and outer conflict between good and evil, and basically everything there is to love about a book. It was a long journey through this trilogy, but there is no doubt that it was an adventure that was worth adventuring. Everyone should read these books.