The Golden Compass and The Subtle Knife

The Golden Compass by Phillip Pullman, 399 pages.
The Subtle Knife by Phillip Pullman, 326 pages.

I listened to the first two books in the "His Dark Materials" trilogy after listening to the new volume, The Book of Dust, at the end of last year. I was anticipating reading the rest of the new series, but I sort of lost my enthusiasm for the whole thing. Not that the first two books didn't hold up. They're fine as stories, but there's a little too much exploitation of children (sure, for very different reasons in this world) for me, currently. I don't remember liking the third volume quite as much, and given the author's recent comments, I think I will give this series a rest.