The Amber Spyglass / Philip Pullman

I had something to say about this, wheN I was reading the previous two books in the series. But I didn't enjoy this one as much as the others, and so I've lost my enthusiasm for looking into Pullman more.

So, here's the commentary in brief: Paradise Lost redux, with God as the weak, sniveling bad guy, but it doesn't equal the atheist's Narnia. It's heretical, and Pullman's storyline is amusing (God as a johnny-come-lately to the universe, taking credit for something that already existed). But it never really addresses the idea of a Supreme Being. It's certainly contemptuous of the idea of One Sky God, but anyone who reads the ridiculous inconsistencies in Genesis (like different and conflicting creations) would probably come to the same conclusion.

Anyway, I like the first two books a ton, but the narrative verve seemed to go out of Amber Spyglass.