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I've heard very good things about Water for Elephants, and it's on my to read list for the near future. The Kite Runner is excellent. It's one of those books that will stick with you, and it makes you feel like you've really read something meaningful once you finish it. The Subtle Knife was a disappointment to me, as I was so in love with the world of the GC that I hated the broader scope that the second two books took on as they moved into alternate worlds in expanding the story.
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So I finished the trilogy. Overall, the more I think about it, the more I love the philosophy, the story, and the creativity. In fact, the only thing I disliked was the ending. Not because of what happened to Lyra and Will but because there were so many loose-ends not tied up or forgotten. (ie. What happened with respect to the War? Was the Authority killed like his guardian Metatron?) Admittedly, it took me a good amount of reflection to find out how Mary played the serpent but I ended up liking the subtlety.
There's just so much I like about the world and the invention of the daemons and the philosophy behind the story that I can overlook some of the flaws I saw throughout the trilogy. (One was why Will's dad would automatically have a daemon when he enters Lyra's world but Will didn't. Or that the ending seemed rushed.)
Bottom-line: the more I think about it, the more I loved it.