Should you watch His Dark Materials?
Who it’s good for, who it isn’t, and what’s in it. No ratings, no scores.
His Dark Materials
Series · 2019
Lyra is an orphan who lives in a parallel universe in which science, theology and magic are entwined. Her search for a kidnapped friend uncovers a sinister plot involving stolen children and turns into a quest to understand a mysterious phenomenon called Dust. She is later joined on her journey by Will, a boy who possesses a knife that can cut windows between worlds. As she learns the truth about her parents and her prophesied destiny, the two young people are caught up in a war against celestial powers that ranges across many worlds.
The sides of His Dark Materials
- A girl whose soul walks beside her as an animal
- A knife that cuts windows between worlds
- A church that steals children
His Dark Materials is good for you if…
- you like an Oxford of airships, witches and armored bears.
- you like Lyra chasing the mystery of Dust and of the children who vanish.
- you like Lyra and Will growing up fast, carrying choices far too big for children.
His Dark Materials is bad for you if…
- you want something light, and this is a dark fantasy about faith and death.
- you can't take children being kidnapped and cut from their daemons.
About: free will · faith · growing up · destiny
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