Your account reminds me of when I first discovered Booktube about five or six years ago... booktube was low key more fun back then so keep putting out the good content

They are fantastic books and now I’m totally invested in the Book of Dust trilogy - third one coming soon. Yippeeeee. Love your enthusiasm.

These are the books that made me fall in love with reading! I have a tattoo of Iorek Byrnison :)

I am 32. These books were literally my childhood. I have two kids one boy and one girl. My son is called William, and my daughter is called Lyra. ❤

I read these for the first time after I retired, so I was in my 60's. I absolutely loved them. I spent an inordinate amount of time trying to decide what my daemon would be. I don't think I ever landed on one. After hearing about the comparisons between these and the Narnia books, I read those, also. I didn't find them nearly as interesting. Now you've made me want to go back and read about Lyra and Will again. And those fabulous polar bears. And the witches! Happy reading!

I’d love to hear your opinion on the TV series once you get around to it! ;)

OMG I did not expect to find a Tik Tok lip-syncing genius when i searched this topic 😮😍

Hiya! I appreciate your review as you didn't give (much) spoilers... Usually I see review videos with 90% summary and 5-10% actual review ☺

I just reread the whole series (or, perhaps, read, as I never made it through The Amber Spyglass) for the first time since I was 7 years old. God (lol) they're complex! Reading TAS as an adult English student and understanding all of (some of) the Milton/Blake/Dickinson/etc. is mind blowing. Not that I even really understood it lol. Many thoughts are being thunked! The Subtle Knife was definitely my favourite -- I am the only person in the world it seems who didn't care for the Panserbjørn and the other TNL world building stuff all too much, so TSN for me was more interesting, especially as that's when you start question what side you/the characters are on, what side is 'right' (considering Paradise Lost, this is an obviously nebulous and even inadequate question!), and other such thematic concerns lol. You're right about Lyra's character shifting though -- tbh I think Pullman was looking for an easy way to contain the Alethiometer. Considering that Lyra using it more would cut the series in half, I think her losing it/getting it back was quite an apparent device -- it just helpfully coincides with her 'maturity' character arc lol! Also -- I LOVED the Mulefa. They are just so ridiculous. I imagined them as like beetles in boxes on wheels (like, office chair wheels), I was not expecting that picture lmaooo. The Mulefa are the second best characters, after Balthamos and Baruch -- 4lifers right there. Loved them.

Auditioning for the part of Mrs Coulter... Doomantidote. 😂 I love these books so much, and your video really captures the magic of it all for me. Plus, a big YES to the ‘buff gay angels’- it was so lovely re-reading the books a couple of years ago and remembering them! This video also made me realise that my mental image of the Mulefa was so off- I always imagined them as diamond-shaped elephants on wheels. Have you read any of the newer books from The Book of Dust- anyone? Dust! 😂- trilogy (La Belle Sauvage / The Secret Commonwealth)?

Maybe I should revisit my 14 year old reading or even read His Dark materials, a lot of people really love the series....

I love your Mrs. Coulter. Nice Cujo reference! LOL I've not read these books, or anything by this author.

I love stories about defeating evil witches.

Hey! I really enjoyed watching your video on these books. I’ve also somehow only read the first book like three times but never finished the second or third. I’m at the point where I just want to know what happens without reading on…

Bravo! my favorite BOOK!!!🎉❤

I have NEVER thought of you as a petty snob....haha..but Im adopting that phrase...I'm glad you have given an overview of the these books as I've been curious but never planned to read due to Pullman's views which always come across,via booktubers, as so anti- God.

I can’t hear the word dust without thinking “anyone? No?” 😂😂

You need to watch the HBO series, it's really really good! Also a very Nice video!!!

been years since i read it, i remember liking it but not loving it, maybe i should reread it at some point

My daemon is a pig. But that’s lockdown for you. 🤔

I've only read His Dark Materials once (when they were first available on paperback many moons ago) and remember liking the first and second books more than the third. When it becomes apparent what the Daemons are and what happens to the kids, I kinda lost interest. I also really wanted a Daemon.

You were a theater kid weren't you.

You pretty much got it right except you got one thing wrong guy. Mrs quarter and Lord estriel are Lyra's parents but you got everything else right just want to let you know because I'm a fan of your KZfaq channel bye

"A trilogy of three books" lol indeed!

‘I don’t know what 8 year olds read these days.’ : Stephen King 😂😂

"two gay angels" wait, balthamos is a dude???

The amber spyglass is fucking terrible. So incredibly disappointing. It leaves so many things unfinished and nothing makes any sense. The ending is an absolute clusterfuck. By far the worst litterature let-down I've ever wasted time on. Just read the first book and leave the rest to your imagination.