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| Northern Lights |
10th November 2012
Ok, I have to admit that I bought this book mainly because it was adapted into a movie starring Nicole Kidman. It is not difficult to read, however, I took 4 years to finish it. First, I brought along this book to hair salon when I was having my hair cut. So, I would read a few pages every time and the progress was slow!! Then, when I came to Japan, I brought it over. However, with all the books I have, it was pretty much left untouched.
Then, on my trip to Kobe last year, I finally read a large portion of it. When I stayed in a hostel in Kobe, a backpacker from UK saw this book and he started to talk to me about the author's religious view. Well, I told him that I won't be discussing about religions and politics. It was too sensitive. I almost had a fight with my good friend over some religious matters a few years back.
First, I thought this was a sci-fi novel. Well, the story started with a mischievous child, Lyra and her daemon. She was a illegitimate child of Lord Asriel and Mrs Coulter. When her mother took her back, she ran away and then tried to rescue her good friend, Roger when he was taken by a secret society along with a lot of kids. She teamed up with a group of gypsy and along the way, recruited an armoured bear, Iorek. Well, I was surprised that the plot about the armoured bear was less than I thought. It was huge on the book cover.
I felt kinda sad with the final. Lyra's father basically betrayed her by using her dear friend as a test subject. She worshipped her father, it was a huge disappointment for her. The plot where the grown ups cut the child away from their daemon were very uneasy to me, it was like cutting off a vital organ. That was cruel.
This is a really good book, I wondered why I took so long to finish it. Now I am regretting that I did not buy the rest of the two books in the trilogy, I should have bought it when I saw it on sale!
Then, on my trip to Kobe last year, I finally read a large portion of it. When I stayed in a hostel in Kobe, a backpacker from UK saw this book and he started to talk to me about the author's religious view. Well, I told him that I won't be discussing about religions and politics. It was too sensitive. I almost had a fight with my good friend over some religious matters a few years back.
First, I thought this was a sci-fi novel. Well, the story started with a mischievous child, Lyra and her daemon. She was a illegitimate child of Lord Asriel and Mrs Coulter. When her mother took her back, she ran away and then tried to rescue her good friend, Roger when he was taken by a secret society along with a lot of kids. She teamed up with a group of gypsy and along the way, recruited an armoured bear, Iorek. Well, I was surprised that the plot about the armoured bear was less than I thought. It was huge on the book cover.
I felt kinda sad with the final. Lyra's father basically betrayed her by using her dear friend as a test subject. She worshipped her father, it was a huge disappointment for her. The plot where the grown ups cut the child away from their daemon were very uneasy to me, it was like cutting off a vital organ. That was cruel.
This is a really good book, I wondered why I took so long to finish it. Now I am regretting that I did not buy the rest of the two books in the trilogy, I should have bought it when I saw it on sale!
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