His Dark Mother

[catorman]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at y..., "jenny_ravenclaw" <meboriqua at a...> wrote:
> --- In HPFGU-OTChatter at y..., "Tabouli" <tabouli at u...> wrote:
>  
> > To return more specifically to Philip Pullman (SPOILER WARNING!), 
> any thoughts on his characters?  One thing I noticed immediately 
was 
> that he has no shortage of strong female characters at all.  Plenty 
of 
> 'em flitting around the trilogy, quite apart from Lyra.>
> 
> I particularly loved Pullman's portrayal of the witches - the way 
they 
> could feel the stars on their skin...

Me too...and Mrs Coulter I thought was a very interesting character.  
One very minor point, which struck me on a second reading.  Her 
Daemon always scared me - very sinister, enigmatic and ruthless - a 
mirror of Mrs Coulter perhaps, but to me more so.  I could never 
figure out why until I realised - you never, ever hear him speak.

Catherine