The Secret Commonwealth (The Book of Dust 2), by Philip Pullman
Since I had both books out from the library, I read the second out of morbid curiosity. What the actual fuck.
The second book is mostly about something which sounded very interesting, which is what happens if a person is at odds with their daemon, separates from their daemon in a way other than being severed, etc. Since the daemon is the soul, this seems like a metaphor for profound trauma, being deeply divided within oneself, mental illness, spiritual malaise, etc. All really fascinating stuff.
Spoiler cut now actually in place, SORRY. Lots of details below.
Warning: there is more rape in this book.
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I was originally going to say that I think I will think of the entire second trilogy as fanfic, but upon more thought, I will think of everything except the first book and the TV series to date as fanfic. Weird feral lying Lyra and her beloved Pan, Iorek Byrnison, and Lin-Manuel Miranda as Lee Scoresby are my one and only canon from now on.
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The second book is mostly about something which sounded very interesting, which is what happens if a person is at odds with their daemon, separates from their daemon in a way other than being severed, etc. Since the daemon is the soul, this seems like a metaphor for profound trauma, being deeply divided within oneself, mental illness, spiritual malaise, etc. All really fascinating stuff.
Spoiler cut now actually in place, SORRY. Lots of details below.
Warning: there is more rape in this book.
( Read more... )
I was originally going to say that I think I will think of the entire second trilogy as fanfic, but upon more thought, I will think of everything except the first book and the TV series to date as fanfic. Weird feral lying Lyra and her beloved Pan, Iorek Byrnison, and Lin-Manuel Miranda as Lee Scoresby are my one and only canon from now on.
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