I figured at some point I'd probably want some traditional 'holiday' (or possibly airport) reading and what could be better than this, especially with the new one (The Book of Dust) having recently come out? I have to say, this time through it did scan very much as children's - well, young adult - literature, especially in the characterisation (although Lyra remains a wonderful creation). But it was still very good and a breeze to read, albeit dragging just a bit in the closing stretch.
Also - Keats on negative capability! And Cittàgazze now strikes me as a forebear (can a place be a forebear?) of the in-between city of fountains, the Neitherlands, in the Magicians series - both of them echoing with de Chirico's dreamscapes.
(first read: 1, 2/3; second read: 1, 2/3)
Also - Keats on negative capability! And Cittàgazze now strikes me as a forebear (can a place be a forebear?) of the in-between city of fountains, the Neitherlands, in the Magicians series - both of them echoing with de Chirico's dreamscapes.
(first read: 1, 2/3; second read: 1, 2/3)
