I started reading "His Dark materials" trilogy, after watching The Golden Compass. I been avoid this set of books because when i heard about this set I was reading "The Devil in the White City". It's about a serial killer in Chicago at the turn of the 19th century during the World's Fair. The author refers the the killer's victims as "material". So that sort of stuck with me. I didn't feel like reading something disturbing. It just a little quirk I have. Sometimes a really great book may not show up in the right time of your life.