Favourite parts of TGC/NL

[Tristan]

Did anyone enjoy a particular part of book 1 more than the others? Such as the silver guillitene (sp?) or Iorek and Iofur's fight?

[Shivy]

Hmm.. can't remember...
I liked it all i suppose

[Justine]

I liked the part where she switched the coins in the skulls and she had nightmares.

[hdmdrummer]

the little zombie kid.

[Saraneth]

The whole god damn scene on Bolvangor from her gettin put there, to her blowin it up! It was awesome

[Shivy]

Yeah, that was really good.

[Nix]

Probably the fight between Iorek and Iofur

[Shivy]

Was that in NL.. oh yes.. i'm getting a bit mixed up where the books end

[Orson]

The best part of NL is Bolvangar!!
My favourite things were: the dining room with the children ( I think it's a bit similar to our dining room in the studen't hostel), the guillotine, and the general description of Bolvangar.

[hdmdrummer]

that was a great part

[Justine]

I liked Bolvanger alot. It was probably one of the most developed parts in the book. It was discribed a lot also.

[TheLadyofShalott]

I love that line "and her daemon was a golden monkey". It gives me chills every time I read it. My fav part was when she was the silver guillotine and the escape. Talk about thrilling! (I luv that emoticon.)

[AlexSP]

I found the part when Lyra gets drunk with Roger rather amusing. It still makes me giggle.

[Justine]

I forgot about that part. Now that I do, you're right. That part was priceless.

[TheLadyofShalott]

Aaaaaw! Hallmark moment.

I also like:
"Sunlight.
"Sunlight on the fur of a golden monkey...."

Maybe I just like golden monkeys.

My friend says she gets phobic about that book because it has golden monkeys in it.

She's kinda weird that way.

Ooooo! I like the story of Lyra's birth! I hope it's in TBOD!

[me myself personally]

hell yeah! and LA and MC abandoning her and their relationship etc etc etc

[Shivy]

Hmm, I liked when she was with the Gyptians too..

[Alice]

I like the bits that completely shock you. I re-read it yesterday and still got a shock when Lyra finds Tony Makarios. My heart still races when Lyra and Pan are under the silver guillotine and i still feel horrified when Lyra realises that she's brought Roger to Asriel.
It's so long since I first read it that I can't remember if I'd realised what they were doing to the children before the point where Lyra finds Roger. Did yuo all work it out before or not? Maybe I'm a bit thick with these things! I never see twists coming - when the witch named Lyra as Eve in the second book i nearly fell off my chair!

[Alice]

... duh, when I say Roger I mean Tony.
(wow, I'm a Gallivespian Spy!)

[la bohemia]

My favorite part in the book would have to be Chapter Three, Lyra's Jordan, when they describe Lyra's "rich seething stew of alliances and enmities and feuds and treaties which was a child's life in Oxford." It's just so cool- Lyra was the embodiment of the girl I used to play at being when I was younger. Daring and courageous and deadly, but still just a child. I love the whole mud fight thing, and just the whole chapter because it's like Pullman looked into my childhood fantasies and wrote it down for me. Plus, we meet Mrs. Coulter and she has to be one of the coolest characters ever.