- lyra belacqua is actually one of the best written literary characters of all god damn time
- lady protagonists AND lady antagonists
- canonical queer characters (and they’re motherfucking angels)
- good as fuck world building (and world destroying)
- talking polar bears with their own system of government
- moral ambiguity around every bend (if you’re into that kind of thing)
- best character arcs
- exploration of morality and ethics within religious spaces and outside of them
- a case study on the danger of corrupt authority
- romance for all tastes (first love!!! lost love!!! godkilling otps!!! queer angels!!!)
- DAEMONS (aka corporeal patronuses that you can talk to)
- the author says: “People should decide on the books’ meanings for themselves. They’ll find a story that attacks such things as cruelty, oppression, intolerance, unkindness, narrow-mindedness, and celebrates love, kindness, open-mindedness, tolerance, curiosity, human intelligence.”
- so many fucking ace characters and you will get unhealthily attached to at least five of them and cry a lot about them for the rest of your fucking existence.
- like you’re gonna get emotionally attached to a fucking talking bear ok
- these books will rip your soul to shreds (in the best way possible)
- awesome as fuck incorporation of christian mythology
- REALLY COOL AUDIOBOOKS (listening library unabridged version) because they have voice actors for every character and it’s the coolest
- MATRIARCHAL WITCH SOCIETY
- just read them ok
Also HDM AU fics are the best AU fics.
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