Book 1 was promising 
 Book 2 was manageable(at least i was hopeful) 
 Book 3 is T.R.A.S.H 
 T.R.A.S.H 
 T - Trash 
 R - Really Really Irritating and draining(mentally) 
 A - Annoying 
 S - Seriously frustrating 
 H - Highly Disappointing 
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 Lyra the cocky, witty protagonist disappears into a dream world and when she does appear, she can't seem to do anything on her own. The evil mother suddenly loses her identity(like her daughter). 
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 Religion. I don't even want to get started on this issue. Yes, the author obviously hates Christianity and he wants the whole world to know about it. True, every authors' writing is influenced one way or another by their personal beliefs, be it religion, political, family relations e.t.c. No, this was the wrong way of going about it. 
 The author in his war against religion(Christianity to be specific) lost the plot. This is how you lose the trust of your readers. I Can't read anything by this author again. 
 DNF.