I finished reading “The Amber Spyglass,” by Philip Pullman, just a few days ago. It’s the final book in the His Dark Materials trilogy as well as the most intriguing. In it, the plot of the story is fully revealed, and a lot of previously unknown information is discovered. Will rescues Lyra from Ms. Coulter, who kept her in a cave — supposedly to keep her safe — and the two use the subtle knife to open a window to the realm of the dead and then open another to allow their atoms to assimilate into other worlds once again. Meanwhile, Dr. Malone has entered another world where sentient creatures that call themselves mulefa coexist with trees that bear wheel-like seedpods that can be attached to their feet. They depend on each other, but recently, fewer and fewer seedpods have been growing. Dr. Malone constructs a telescope using the lacquer from the seedpods, and this allows her to see Dust. She realizes that it is flowing away quickly, which is why the trees are producing fewer seeds, and tries to figure out a solution. Meanwhile, Lord Asriel is preparing to wage a war against the Authority — the first angel, who pretended to create all the others — and Ms. Coulter has joined him. I really liked this book because of its complicated plot and would recommend it to anyone interested in science fiction, fantasy, or simply looking for a good fiction book. I would rate it 9.8/10.
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