[HPFGU-OTChatter] Re: the Dark is Rising series and more

[kemper mentor]

> > Lee:

 > > I just wanted to thank everybody who mentioned "The Dark is 

 Rising." I hadn't heard of it before, thought it sounded 

 interesting, and found the boxed set for under $20 at Amazon. I'm 

 looking forward to getting it!!

 >  
>
 > >The previous discussions convinced me to give "His Dark Materials" 

 another chance, too; I just couldn't get going with it last time.


> Magpie:

> Yay! Always happy to hear somebody reading TDiR. The first book, 

 Over Sea, Under Stone, was written years before the second, so 

 you'll notice a change in tone between the two. I read the second 

 book first, myself, but the first two can really be read like that.

 
>
> I ought to read the next two Dark Materials too. I've only read the 

 first one. Love Brian Jacques, though.:-)


Kemper now:
I went to the library last night to start the Sequence because so many people recommended it as well.  I was surprised to find it was published over 40 years ago.  

I enjoyed His Dark Materials.  Though, I was disappointed in Lyra's character.  In the first book, she is strong and independent.  Then she meets a boy.  And becomes less strong, less independent.  Or so it seems to me.  I look forward to the movie (Nicole Kidman looks wicked!) and hope the script keeps Lyra more bad ass than the series.
 

     
Kemper




       
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