![]() I often struggled to connect with the characters and found many of them unlikable, including the main character Lyra (she grew on me, but I'm still not sure I like her). ![]() I'd recommend sticking with it until at least part two if you're feeling the same way, because it does get better. ![]() I thought the first part was confusing and a little boring, but it picks up later on. Main gripe w the audiobook was Lyra's constantly exasperated/whiny voice even when she's sposed to be whispering, and that the voices cut in abruptly between bits of narration and other dialogue. It was action packed, with plot after plot strung together that might've been the sole focus in some other story, plus it was full of moral questions and mysterious characters, and gave a lot of agency to the kid characters. Overall very enjoyable and just what I needed when angsty YA fantasy wasn't doing it for me. ![]() Things I probly wouldn't've understood or caught as a kid but definitely noticed as an adult. I wonder if this was the source of many of my tween interests and I forgot, or if I was into these things all along and just read this book too young and it all went over my head.Īlso this book is unexpectedly DARK in the details, some graphic fights and descriptions of atrocities done to people in the name of something or other. ![]() I have a vague memory that I read this as a kid, and it has so many things that kid me would've loved, so I'm surprised I didn't remember a single thing about it! The particle physics, animal companions, fantastically reimagined biblical doctrine, free roaming kids. ![]()
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