La Belle Sauvage (The Book of Dust) by Phillip Pullman

La Belle Sauvage (The Book of Dust) by Phillip Pullman

     I am so excited by this new book series. I didn't even realize he was coming out with a new series of books, I can't believe I didn't know. Thankfully Tara reads them and told me about it. This book goes back to Lyra's life when she was a baby. Her protector and the protagonist is Malcolm, a boy who lives near her who develops a strong attachment to her and aids her when the flood occurs. I remember from the books some of the details of this story, that Lyra was first raised among nuns at a convent when a flood occurs, where she is saved and brought to Jordan College, where we find her as a girl in the first book. In many civilizations there is a story of a flood, including in the bible, and this book is an origin book of life, of a new world where Lyra is Eve. Dust is talked about less in the book, maybe as it is the beginning of Lyra's life and less centered on death. The alethiometer is used less in this too, as most of the book is about keeping Lyra and stuff such as the alethiometer safe. I enjoyed the book but found some of it to be slow and predictable, until the end, where it got really crazy. It was very exciting and you were not sure they would survive the flood or the people chasing them. Can't wait to read the next book. Also wondering how Malcom will play a role in the next book, or will he even be in it.

4/5 stars

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