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The Subtle Knife by Philip Pullman
3.0

I honestly don't know how to feel about this one.

Considering some of the best description I've ever read is in this book, I just have no idea what just happened.
It feels like an entirely different series than the first book.

Certain parts of it were incredible. I love Will. I love the different worlds and the scientific theories and the knife itself. I love everything with Lee Scorsby of course.
But I was entirely put off by the sudden heavy-handed turn of the religious war and the weird Daemon sex metaphors.

I'm not sold, but, maybe I just need to decompress a bit and then finish the series to get the full arc...