I am shocked that "His Dark Materials" has been sitting around for over ten years, just waiting for me to read them. ESPECIALLY after finishing the last Harry Potter book and thinking I was going to have to either: a) wait until J.K. Rowling started another series, or b) delve back into the Lord of the Rings Trilogy. And there it was, just waiting, patiently.I am a sucker for talking animals--hello, Babe is the best movie EVER and I pretty much go crazy over Puss in Boots, and add the mouse from Prince Caspian to that list. I KNOW, kind of weird, but I think it gives me character . . . And now daemons--what could be better than having a talking animal attached to you forever? I bet Georgia is my daemon.
All this said, of course I have some complaints. I dislike the way Lyra talks about 25% of the time--I much prefer her thoughts. Does she really need to throw in the awful language? Didn't she grow up at a college surrounded by scholars? Did they forget to teach her some basic grammar skills? I get that she is trying to be rebellious and fit in with the gyptians, but I just don't find it necessary--especially because it comes and goes. If I'm going to read a book with a whole different set of vernacular, fine, but it needs to be CONSISTENT. Often times I would be reading along and then cringe, out of nowhere, at some line thrown in that was so unexpected.
Pullman leaves you with quite the cliffhanger at the end; you can rest assured I have already started the second book.
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Haha, Georgia is your daemon I think. When I was reading the books it always felt like Thule was mine. Oh to have a daemon. I am pretty sure yours would be a cat in its final configuration.
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