When discussing Gogol and his work - is he considered a Ukrainian or a Russian writer? My understanding is that he was from Ukraine (which at the time was under the Russian Empire) but I think his works were written in the Russian language (correct that if I'm wrong) and mainly intended for an audience in St Petersburg. But, especially considering Russia's war on Ukraine at the moment, it's not something I want to be misunderstanding. Though, perhaps I'm overthinking this and there isn't a need to push either modern nationality onto a 19th century author. I'm really not sure.

(Reposted from a completely inactive book forum, because I figured I'd be more likely to get and answer here.)

“See, the gyptian people, we been hit worse than most by these Gobblers,…”

Of course ethnical minorities get hit different, it’s not like they’re also just people 🙄 But kinda good that they put it in the book, especially because this book has been around for a while.

I'm not going to lie, I'm a tiny bit disappointed in this book so far? Being a children's classic I thought there would be something very gripping about it to capture reader's attentions from the start but I don't know, it's felt quite slow and unengaging for me so far. I don't know if that's because I watched the BBC show years ago when it first came out so I have a vague memory of what's going to happen? I'm not sure, but I really hope I start to enjoy it a little more as I get further!

“I told you, he’s a murderer. It’s his profession.”

I just know how utterly convincing she was and I would love to see how stupefied the men were🤣

I am enjoying the world building and all the detailing from the author i feel completely immersed.

Chosen-one trope?😏 because they’re literally talking about a kid who is supposed to change everything I guess, but not in the normal -optimistical- way this happens in the books I’ve read.

to read books I've had on my tbr for literal years

Watched a hard copy rebind of The Subtle Knife on Instagram and decided to find the book and found this trilogy! I vaguely remember watching the Golden Compass movie a loooong time ago so I’m intrigued to read the source material