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The Subtle Knife
- His Dark Materials, Book 2
- Narrated by: Philip Pullman, full cast
- Length: 8 hrs and 53 mins
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Summary
Brought to you by Penguin.
From the world of Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials - now a major critically acclaimed BBC series.
She had asked: what is he? A friend or an enemy?
The alethiometer answered: he is a murderer.
When she saw the answer, she relaxed at once.
Lyra finds herself in a shimmering, haunted otherworld - Cittàgazze, where soul-eating Spectres stalk the streets and wingbeats of distant angels sound against the sky.
But she is not without allies: 12-year-old Will Parry, fleeing for his life after taking another's, has also stumbled into this strange new realm.
On a perilous journey from world to world, Lyra and Will uncover a deadly secret: an object of extraordinary and devastating power.
And with every step, they move closer to an even greater threat - and the shattering truth of their own destiny.
Read by Philip Pullman and a full cast of narrators.
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- Amanda P
- 04-05-22
poor editing and pointless, annoying music
Philip Pullman's narration is very good. Sadly this is let down by the continued irritating fake child voice of Lyra, ridiculous bursts of music over the top of the narration and Americanisms in the text. There are strange gaps when there is silence for no reason and then other areas when there needed to be breaks and the narration seems to lurch from one topic to another. Bad editing of the audio all round
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- rebecca t.
- 07-09-22
So Exciting and Thrilling!
Loved this dramatisation of the full book!
It brought the book alive in new ways, the characters feel so enveloping I was truly gutted when bad things happened to them and over the moon when they thrived!
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- Ashok Misra
- 27-07-22
As good as the first time.
Loving my revisit of the Dark materials saga since I first read it as a young teenager. The BBC series reminded me of its rich tapestry and I was drawn back.
Loved it even more as I now appreciate the deeper implications, the religion, politics and intrigue way better than I did at first reading.
Masterful Mr Pullman.
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- Lesley-Anne Radcliff
- 24-07-22
interesting
Having read the 1st bill and now this I do find the story slow building and sometimes Lyra is quite whiney. I read childrens books alot so it's nothing to do with that. I will continue to the end but don't expect to be blown away.
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- Mr Clifford
- 20-07-22
brilliant
Well done for bringing to life this fantastic novel. loved every second of it. its very difficult to say anything else, so i won't.
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- D. Fairest
- 08-05-22
Good but some the casting is irritating
Great story. But the voice of Lyra is deeply irritating. Same with the witch Serafina Pecolla.
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- P. Edmundson
- 14-02-23
Great book, ruined by audible
OK so the book is excellent and it has been read and voiced as in book one. However, now they seem to have added a stupid tune over the start of each chapter. It comes through louder than the speech, with no warning. Has turned what should be a great book into a total farce. I will be checking reviews before I order book 3 as if its like this one I'm keeping my money
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- dom_yeah
- 22-12-22
excellent story, poor voice acting
I adore these books, however the voice acting in areas of this audiobook is so poor as to make it a struggle to listen, which is such a shame.
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- PK
- 07-12-22
Sad to say …
Philip Pullman has written and narrated a wonderful book. It is totally let down by the ‘full cast’ and dreadful and unnecessary music. Such a disappointment.
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- Anonymous User
- 29-09-22
Boring
As soon as they went to the world we live in I lost interest.
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