The Subtle Knife is the second novel in Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials series, which is also the second novel in the adaptation set. Accept no substitutes!Īre you a fan of His Dark Materials by Philip Pullman? Well, did you know that there's a graphic novel adaptation of the series in the works? I certainly didn't! It wasn't until I spotted The Subtle Knife on NetGalley that I realized this fantastic creation existed. Still, despite my philosophical disagreements with Pullman he is one hell of a writer, and so at this point I should just knuckle down and reread the original books again, ('DM' only definitely not 'BoD'). Also, as the TV series was my most recent revisit to this tale, I had forgotten how blatantly anti-religion Pullman is (much removed by HBO to encourage a larger audience) and - even though he's not physically in this book at all - what an overall asshole the abusive and murderous Lord Asriel is.

That said, however, I just wasn't a huge fan of the artist's style here, and I would have been WAY confused - actually way MORE confused - if I didn't already know the story so well from the original book and Season Two of the excellent HBO series. That said, The Subtle Knife was my favorite of the whole 'Dark Materials' trilogy, (all three of which were far better than Pullman's on-going 'Book of Dust' follow-up). The Golden Compass was a revelation, with its alternate world building, daemons, armored bears - everything, really.

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