reading (Once Upon a Time in the North)

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I finished Philip Pullman's "Once Upon a Time in the North" earlier this week, Tuesday maybe. This is a small, thin volume. It seems to me it was just a profit-taking venture to make money off the fan base of the His Dark Materials series. The plot is a block of Swiss cheese, the writing is uninspired, and the characterization is anorexic. I think all of the above could have been remedied with a little more effort. The location is interesting. The world is interesting. The plot could have been patched and made basic but tenable. The characters could have been given reasons for their interactions. But I just didn't see it here.

55. Philip Pullman "Once Upon a Time in the North"