Originally posted by chickenlover98
i loved the golden compass, not because of the message where they "kill god" which i find to be bullshit, since it was an angel POSING, but because it was BEAUTIFULLY written. i enjoyed the third book the most however. i read it when i was 12 or 13, it was my fav series. it still remains in my top 5.
Kids generally miss the allegory anyway, as was pointed out earlier with Narnia. Symbolic thought can be tricky even for adults, as many opinions in this forum can attest to.
Still, it's a free thinker's version of Narnia, and more fun imo.