Hey SanguinePan, I LOVE LOVE LOVE the ending of the Golden Compass as well! It's so heartbreaking and raw and powerful! And the fact that the movie didn't address it was so crazy to me! They actually did shoot those scenes, but they got taken out in the editor's cutting room. WHO DOES THAT???

But anyway, yes! Lyra's character is so brave and courageous and amazing and I love her confidence SO SO much! Her parents are terrible and her whole situation sucks, but she and Pan are the ultimate duo and it's like they can take on anything together. Especially with the last line in the book being that they walked into the sky together (or something like that, I don't have a copy of the book on me right now :P).

I really can't wait for you to finish the second and third books! I love following along with someone's introduction to His Dark Materials! It's such an amazing series and I'm really glad it's gaining so much more attention now that the TV series is out and all of that. Please, make more posts in the future when you finish the other books and I'm happy for you to join in on our episode discussions too!

Happy reading!

PS: Next time please include all of this information in your first post, I know you were trying to avoid spoilers for people, but posting it in the Spoiler category is enough. Posting multiple times like this is a bit like spam :)

Oh makes sense 😁 there must be a notification for each post? Apologies, I was thinking it would just be like a someone would pass the title while scrolling type thing. Sorry!

The ending of Northern Lights was ingenious (I know someone who read the book a few months after it came out in 1995 and it kept them waiting, horrified, for the next two years for The Subtle Knife...). Roger is one of my favourite characters, even though we see so little of him, so it always saddens me to read that last chapter :( Though I do think the ending to the last book is one of the best, ever, I still haven't recovered since first reading it - can't wait to see your thoughts on that!

I can't wait to see it finally done (and properly, hopefully) - I hated the film because of that very happy ending - it was very like other books. Although, Nicole Kidman and Daniel Craig from the film are great (and so was Dakota Blue-Richards), I would've liked to have seen the full ending they did (in a director's cut, maybe) but it'll probably never be (legally) available. Always hope...

Cut movie scenes- I didn't know that existed until you all had mentioned so, I would so love to see that too! I definitely loved the movie casting too!

Ok, now I am even more psyched to get through the books to that ending 😁

I am currently right at what the series is leading up to with Will in the second book. My guess/prediction is that since they introduced Will, that they may try to end this series in 3 episodes with Lyra and Will meeting in that other world 🤔 just my guess 😊. Hey thanks for being patient with me while I learn how to "app" 😂 sometimes I feel like I live under a rock, I should be better at these things haha.

I hope they do the ending properly and don't focus too much on Will. I think the best ending will be the original book ending (and perhaps a bit of the start of the next book with Will's house being searched). The most intriguing ending will be Lyra and Pan walking up into the sky (and then perhaps a glimpse of the new world) but I can't wait to see what they do! No problem - the app can be extremely annoying at times... :).

I agree that would be the coolest ending 😊 excited to see

I agree whole heartedly! The introduction of Will in the TV series is exciting but I hope they do it justice!

I am on the last chapter of the 2nd book...

Enjoy! You've got past that Lee bit...

I did, and I had to put it down because I was all teary-eyed, otherwise I probably could've finished yesterday, ha. I'll finish tonight and get to watch the new episode tomorrow night 😊