Dear Philip Pullman,
Your book has been pretty interesting so far. However, it has been quite confusing. It is weird how Lyra Jordan, the main character has a daemon, which is the external expression of Lyra's soul. Her daemon is in the form of a moth in the beginning and its name is Pantalaimon. It travels with her everywhere and helps her make conscience decisions. The moth questions every decision she makes which gets on Lyra's nerves sometimes. It is also interesting how Pan, which is what Lyra calls him can change forms into pretty much anything. This indicates that the story is in the fantase genre. I haven't read a fantasy book since elementary school, so I thought it would be interesting to finally read another one. I haven't read very far yet so I have only met a few characters so far. Lyra's uncle, Lord Asriel, seems to be a cruel family member to Lyla and reminds me of Count Olaf from the "Series of Unfortunate Events" by Lemony Snicket. He is very sinister and I couldn't believe they way he acted, when Lyra informed him that the head master of Jordan College was trying to poison him. When he was about to drink the wine, she ran out and grabbed the class from him and it fell to the ground. He then squeezed her wrists until he told her that she only acted the way she did, because he was about to drink poison. Then without thanking her, he tells her to go back in the closet and if she is to come out, she will wish she was dead. This is outrageous behavior and I hope in the chapters to follow Lyra will be able to avoid this abuse from her evil uncle. I'm looking forward to continue reading your novel!
Hamish
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