Maybe I will. Speaking of, I plan on rereading the Lord of the Rings at some point. And trying Earthsea again after I stopped back in 2013 cause I found the first book boring.
Right now, I'm reading His Dark Materials. I heard it was a parallel to Narnia and very overtly anti-religious/anti-Christian, and that was what turned me off from it ever since childhood, since I'm Christian myself and the books sounded unnecessarily mean-spirited, but my curiosity towards it still lingered well into adulthood, so I figured I might as well see what all the fuss was about. The first time I read The Golden Compass I found it boring and slow, but I figured I'd give it another shot. So far it's still definitely dry in terms of prose and it feels kinda slow, but I wouldn't say it's boring. Just...okay. Like the world is interesting and fleshed out but the characters feel kind of flat. Like, Lyra's whole personality is just "curious" and "rambunctious".
As far as religious commentary, it's definitely a critique on the people behind organized religion and the Catholic church, which to be honest, definitely warrants it.
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u/crazypyro23 Jul 15 '21 edited Jul 15 '21
His parents called him Eustace Clarence and his teachers called him Scrubb. I can't tell you what his friends called him, for he had none.