PositiveThe Christian Science MonitorMore than 20 years after the publication of the incredibly successful The Golden Compass, Philip Pullman has traveled back to that parallel world with the release of one of the most anticipated books of the season, The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage ... Early reviews suggest Mr. Pullman has hit it out of the park once again ... Although the Times concedes that Pullman’s storytelling occasionally lags with 'flat dialogue,' it nonetheless calls it 'a stunning achievement' ... It’s a crude, dangerous world in which the enemy is a fascist, authoritarian religious organization and its charismatic rapist-leader, and one Pullman, whose audience includes many youth, does not shy from.
