His Dark Materials, or, Use Magic to Kill Death

[toddler_hiway]

So, yeah, just finished the last book in the HDM trilogy. It's the first thing I've read in a long, long while that's generated the sensation that I get right after (for example) Miyazaki movies; that sense that everything is sparkly and right and blah blah.

I don't really do book reviews [1], but: 1st book is extremely exciting, 2nd book is a

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[revme]

Bette Midler is married to one of the Kipper Kids.

[toddler_hiway]

Barbara Hershey has an unfortunate last name.

[neonelephant]

I read the first book when I was at home unemployed (or maybe when I was at home one winter in college), and recall more or less hating it, for reasons I can't recall. Maybe it felt too gratuitious (coming from me, I'm sure that sounds like a ridiculous comment)? Maybe I'll have to try again at some point.