DNF at page 242.

I just have no interest in this book. The original Northern Lights trilogy means everything to me and this? this ain't it. Reasons below.

Spoiler

I tapped out of this book not long after the Malcolm loves Lyra reveal. She's a child when his feelings develop. It's gross. It's creepy. It tainted the whole book for me, and after that I couldn't even begin to get back into the book and keep reading. Reading other reviews, I hear there's an attempted rape scene too, and I'm glad I didn't get there because I hate this? After the rape scene in La Belle Sauvage and then this, does Pullman not know how to give adult women characters depth without having them sexually assaulted? Over it. I kind of wanted to know how Pan and Lyra made up, but given that the reasons for their argument were weak and poorly explained, I couldn't hang around for it.