i read _[the golden compass]_ when i was younger and i remember not liking it. i donn't remember specific reasons why i didn't like em but i'll tell ya that i didn't. then i read the other ones and...

i liked the golden compass better than the others. in fact, i liked the series less with each book.

so how did you like it in general? worth the read?

it was well written and interesting, but also sort of blasphemous. i wouldnt recommend it bc of the content. its so hard to describe a book without giving away the plot. o[its starts out straigh...