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what is it about HDM that 'ostensibly' makes them childrens books? Is it that any book with children as the protagonist is deemed a childrens book? Because there is some relatively graphic violence, references to sex, plenty of vocabularly that would leave children flummoxed, and several ideas...

Definitely hold off judgement until you have read all three books. Many reviews I've read claim that the first book is the better of the three, which I totally disagree with. I think the first book is more of an introduction to ground you in this new world Pullman creates, the true story only...

Thanks for the suggestions guys, guess I have a few reviews to read now. This I am tempted by, as it contains the 'F' word in the opening lines it bodes well. The worst thing are authors who try to be funny but are restrained by morality and decency.

I need to laugh. At the moment I'm ploughing my way through Ulysses, which I'm determined to finish so that I can claim to be intelligent. I need another book to read at the same time to provide some light (although not brainless) relief. Comic books that I have already read are: Red Dwarf...

Armerican Psycho - Easton-Ellis Brave New World - Huxley 1984 - Orwell Fahrenheit 451 - Bradbury His Dark Materials - Pullman

No she's from a town near Bristol called Yate. The house where she was born is 200metres from my house and I went to the same school as her.