Week 7 Post B

I thought this book definetly had its ups and downs, but was mostly pretty fascinating. At the start of the story the book it got a little boring, since the author was just giving descriptions of the setting in London and Oxford University. Then towards the middle and towards the end of the story of the action picks up and the story becomes more interesting. My favorite aspect of the story was the involvement of the altehiometer which is the "golden compass." With this devise Lyra was able to go back into time see into the future and even learn about things in the present.

In the end of this book, Iorek brings Lyra to the mountaintop where her uncle, Lord Asriel has taken Roger, and Lyra battles Lord Asriel for her best friend. She and Roger struggle free from him, but Lord Asriel still manages to seperate Roger from his daemon. The sky is torn open and Lyra can see into another world. Mrs. Coulter then asks Lord Asriel to come to the new world with him, but he is only interested in finding the "Dust" and destroying it. Mrs. Coulter refuses to come, but Lord Asriel decides to walk away into the other world. Lyra decides that if Lord Asriel and Mrs. Coulter hate Dust, then it must be a good thing, so Pantalaimon and her decide to go and look for the source of Dust. They leave Roger’s body in the snow on the mountaintop and walk into the new world. This ending was a little disappointing, since I wish it ended with Lyra getting rid of Mrs. Coulter and Lord Asriel. Although the story was fairly good I don't think it should have had this ending, since it leaves room for a sequel. I think the author should have had an ending that was more satisfying and ended all the commotion, not just start the chaos back up again. For this reason and the fact that it was a little boring at the beginning I would rate this book 3 out of 5 stars, since I enjoyed the action in the middle and end.