Here then we have the second volume of His Dark Materials trilogy, where the action and adventure continue. This opens with a new character, Will Parry, who lives very much in our own world, but with certain events happening, so he finds himself on the run and discovering a portal to a different world. Whilst exploring this other world he comes across Lyra Belacqua, who now calls herself Lyra SIlvertongue, and thus both their destinies become entwined.
Whereas the first book gave us only one world, so here we actually have three, as we carry on following the adventures of Lyra, and now Will as well. Taking us back to Lyra’s world, so we see what is happening there and how others have crossed over to seek Lyra, some to assist her, and others to try and bring about her downfall. Inspired partly by Milton’s epic poem Paradise Lost, so there are many other elements here, including influences from William Blake’s poetry, and even Keats, along with religion, physics (especially quantum physics), metaphysics and philosophy.
As we see, what is the organised religion in Lyra’s world do not want the young girl to succeed in her quest, but can she be stopped? Will is also on a quest of his own, to find his father, but with a knife, called the subtle knife coming into his possession, so he finds that his destiny is far greater than he thought. Making us ponder many things, this of course does raise the question of free will, and whether it really exists. Also this takes in loyalty, duty, friendship and respect, things that we should all know about.
With a number of thrills and spills this is a great read for young and old alike, obviously with us more mature readers taking in all the nuances that this tale has. As with the first novel this does have a lot to offer any reader, and will make you think about many things, including your own place in the world. Also, this has a great ending, which leaves things up in the air for the third volume.
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