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I had a late start to this one, but once I got to it, I enjoyed it immensely. I love the concept of the daemons mirroring the soul of the child, even though I am still unsure if they are corporeal or incorporeal, i.e. can a weight fall on a daemon, crushing it? Then what happens to the human? There were a few times in the plot when I felt Lyra could have consulted the alethiometer to have avoided negative consequences but I can chalk that up to her being young. There are a lot of comments about this book making statements about institutionalized religion but I didn't feel it was overplayed. I will continue the series this year, maybe not right away though. It was a very good selection for the club.
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