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Northern Lights by Philip Pullman
5.0
adventurous emotional mysterious reflective sad fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
'π‘Œπ’π’– 𝒄𝒂𝒏𝒏𝒐𝒕 π’„π’‰π’‚π’π’ˆπ’† π’˜π’‰π’‚π’• π’šπ’π’– 𝒂𝒓𝒆, π’π’π’π’š π’˜π’‰π’‚π’• π’šπ’π’– 𝒅𝒐'

'π‘Œπ’π’– π’”π’‘π’†π’‚π’Œ 𝒐𝒇 π’…π’†π’”π’•π’Šπ’π’š 𝒂𝒔 π’Šπ’‡ π’Šπ’• π’˜π’†π’“π’† π’‡π’Šπ’™π’†π’….'

'π‘Ύπ’Šπ’•π’‰π’π’–π’• π’•π’‰π’Šπ’” π’„π’‰π’Šπ’π’…, π’˜π’† 𝒔𝒉𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒂𝒍𝒍 π’…π’Šπ’†.'


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I can't count the amount of times I have read this book and every time I pick it up it's like snuggling up under a warm blanket.

Pullman's style soothes my soul. The tone is very YA and yet it' never shies away from tackling big ideas and it never patronises. 

The older I get, and the wider my reading becomes the more I pull out of this book and the deeper my connection to the characters becomes.

And just like when I watch Romeo and Juliet and I'm holding my breath that the ending somehow changed since the last time I watched it, the end of this one still makes my breath catch.

If you've never picked this series up, I heartily recommend it.