I really liked it. The premise was good (the movie destroys it, though, so watch out). Did you only read the first book? Because in the third, it gets a lot more heretical; they kill God. Oh, and Mrs. Coulter essentially seduces God's right-hand man. [/SPOILER ALERT] So, yeah, I can see why the Church wouldn't be too happy about it. I found the pace to be quick enough, but I'm pretty patient when it comes to books.kjhsscioly wrote:Kokonilly wrote:I LOVELOVELOVE the His Dark Materials trilogy. I've been reading the first two books for four days, and I'm about ten pages away from the end of The Amber Spyglass, and it has enchanted me completely.
I liked the premise of the books, and I look forward to watching the movie, but I really don't understand what all the fuss was about... It isn't some sort of heretic text, just harmless fantasy. The pace was a little slow though, but that is just my taste.
I can't analyze a book to save my life. I'm okay at seeing symbols (terrible with themes), but mostly I ignore them and look at the story itself. I think English teachers read too much into books a lot of the time, and that the author didn't really mean it that way. It's like studying Shakespeare intensely: he meant for the plays to be watched and not read, and I think we should respect that and head off to the theater. I like reading them, but there's something to be said for actually seeing it.Pandemonium wrote:I would like to bring up a question: do you read books for enjoyment or do you read books to analyze and digest it?
I'm not saying you can't enjoy the book by analyzing it. By enjoyment, I mean if you like a book because it reads smoothly, has an interesting plot, or if the characters are admirable. By analyzing a book, I mean if you read to understand the deeper meaning behind the author's words-- all that literary analysis your English teacher taught you.
I like thinking about books, but themes like passion and betrayal I can't relate to, so they don't make too much sense.
