> Yes, each book got worse. The second at least had an interesting story, but the third made me ill.
Absolutely — from a story telling standpoint the last book (with the worst anti-God ranting) was one of the most uncompelling I’ve had the misfortune to read.
I wonder if Pullman had a “conversion” to manic atheism between his earlier writing and this series. His other books were well done, of a reasonable length, and didn’t emphasize religion, to speak of. I even remember one that included very positive portrayals of Jewish people.