Its sad that if the author wouldn't have put so much athiesm in it it would have most likely been a good book. but he had to ruin it with his anti christian views. I mean the little girls ability t o lie, to me thats telling us that its okay to lie. and to be graphic and violent. this book is not good to read if you want to be confused between whats right and wrong. they are most definitley wrong bout it being for kids and teens. Its just trying to tell us its okay to disobey are parents,lie,cheat,kill,to worship the devil.I mean who in the world would want everything good to be bad and bad to be good????I don't! I must say I'm ashamed to have read the first book and i'm most def not reading this one!!!!

One of the BEST books I have read! Full of suspense and twists that you'll want to read the amber spyglass imediately! A fair amount of blood and violence makes it suitable for 12 and up.

how can you say that?! Lyra's ability to lie convincingly DOESN'T teach kids it's OK to lie! and does it say anywhere in the book "It's OK to worship the devil! it's a good thing!"? NO! you are such an idiot. My mom is VERY christian and she LOVES this book! this is one of the best books ever written.

The best part was how there is action from page 1 all the way to 326. There was a little violence that may not be suitable for >13 including the fight for the knife where will looses his ring finger and pinky. This was amazing and I have just started on book 3. Language is the usual 4-letter words found in most literature with English characters. I hope the last book is as good as this one.

I read this series in 5th grade at age 10. There was a lot of ruthlessness and the knife is a very scary sharp weapon which can cut through anything, possibly even your soul. It did not give me nightmares and I rather enjoyed it, but the parents should know their kids or at least not give this series to them if they are under 11 o so. Its interesting though and has a completly different prespective on things.