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Ok. I admit it. I'm going to fail this challenge miserably. I just finished my choice for book three, which was…

The Amber Spyglass
By Philip Pullman

This book was the third and final book in the His Dark Materials trilogy. After reading the first two books and really liking the first one and sorta liking the second I was eager to read the conclusion to see how this all tied together.

And I must say…wow. This series of books is probably near the top of my list as far as book series goes. The second book makes total sense after reading this one because, as I suspected, all of that setup was necessary in order for the conclusion of the series to work.

My favorite part of the book was at the end, and that heart wrenching decision that the main characters had to make. I don't want to spoil anything in case somebody else is going to read this book, so I'll just say the ending doesn't disappoint. It feels like everything in the previous books were working towards the last 40 or so pages of this one.

I've hard some people say that this book is mostly aimed towards a younger audience but I'd have to disagree at least with this book. Concepts such as love, sexuality, religion, loss, etc made their way into this book by the end, and while it's written in such a way that there's a layer of understanding that can be achieved by a younger reader, I can see many layers of meaning which are only understandable by an adult reader.

Overall, I'd recommend these series of books to anybody who wants a good, fun light fantasy series. You won't be dissapointed. I'm not sure what I'm going to be doing for my next book at this point. I'll have to scout around. I do know that I'm going to fail this thing miserably though. Oh well. Onwards!

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