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I've just got around to reading a couple of books way after the hype.
The Secret Commonwealth by Philip Pullman - lots of interesting ideas but it didn't seem very coherent and I could tell from about 2/3 of the way through that nothing was going to be resolved in the 800 pages or so. The attempts to make it contemporary already made it seem a bit dated. I'll still read the final instalment if/when it comes out.
Brooklyn by Colm Toibin- I thought this was great. I remembered really liking Nora Webster years ago and thinking it was great. I will probably re-read that soon, and have reserved the newish sequel to Brooklyn at the library.