his dark materials

[bantha_fodder]

So, I just finished The Golden Compass, and it's not the best thing I've ever read but it's interesting enough that I'll go find the next part, but I didn't actually expect Lord Asriel (the book's on the other side of the room; I'm not sure how to spell it, so let's call him James) to kill Roger. It was pretty clear that Lyra was going to be going to the city in the Aurora, but I try not to look for clues and think about it when I'm reading (doing such a thing makes it too much like writing, and I like them to be distinct), so Roger died and I had to go back and reread the previous page. It was just so quiet and unobserved; they're fighting and then Asriel plugs the cord into the daemon and then Roger goes limp and I love that sort of writing.

So that was cool.

Comments

[ilanala]

I suspect part of my love for this series has to do with starting it back in junior high (and then waiting way too many years for the third book). If you read it for the first time when your older, it's probably a lot easier to see what's wrong with it. But it's interesting, and reasonably well written (as far as I remember), so it's worth finishing even if you don't love it (especially since my favorite character isn't introduced until the next book).