My view on his trilogy is "Loved the first, so-so with the second, was annoyed by the third."

That's pretty much exactly my view, except it was more "dragged my way through the third in order to say I'd done so, and then threw it aside with relief."

Want to bet in ten years Pullman will have a religious conversion and bore us all to death with new stories about how whatever religion he chooses is the ONE WAY!!11!!!OMGAMEN!SUBTLETYSUX!?