For a moment there, His Dark Materials lulled me into a false sense of security. For a moment, I let myself bask in the fact that, although things weren’t perfect, they were looking up. Iorek was now king, Lee was…
‘His Dark Materials’ 1×05 Review: “The Lost Boy”
If there’s anything that I know about His Dark Materials “The Lost Boy,” it’s that Will is Lizzie’s favorite character. Let me backtrack. When I first started reading His Dark Materials, there was a name that kept popping up with…
‘His Dark Materials’ 1×04 Review: An Abundance of Bears
His Dark Materials moves North, finally, as Lin-Manuel Miranda makes his first appearance as Lee Scoresby, Mrs. Coulter has trapped her former lover (who she still seems to have many unresolved issues with) Lord Asriel deep in the North, and…
‘His Dark Materials’ 1×02 Review: You Can Be Extraordinary
Watching “The Idea of North,” I’m reminded that His Dark Materials and I go way back. I read the books for the first time when I was a teenager, and spent many a day trying to make sense of the…
