I'm an atheist with agnostic/pagan leanings, and an intellectual fascination with religion, esp. the lunatic/fundamentalist fringe.
Fantasy novels seem to have a mandatory religious component, even if it's only mentioned in passing. This is not a bad thing at all (see: intellectual fascination), but to have a fantasy novel based around "organised religion is bad and must die" (and I was more talking about what I knew of the trilogy as a whole, rather than Northern Lights alone) is a point of interest simply because it's not something I've come across before.
I'm glad it wasn't just me irritated by Lyra. I'm a chapter into The Subtle Knife and by page 9 I was transfixed, so I'm hopeful for the rest of the trilogy. *crosses fingers*
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Date: 2007-12-27 12:33 pm (UTC)Fantasy novels seem to have a mandatory religious component, even if it's only mentioned in passing. This is not a bad thing at all (see: intellectual fascination), but to have a fantasy novel based around "organised religion is bad and must die" (and I was more talking about what I knew of the trilogy as a whole, rather than Northern Lights alone) is a point of interest simply because it's not something I've come across before.
I'm glad it wasn't just me irritated by Lyra. I'm a chapter into The Subtle Knife and by page 9 I was transfixed, so I'm hopeful for the rest of the trilogy. *crosses fingers*