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I can't put the book down. After such a long wait, seems impossible to stop reading it. I only read His Dark Materials  when I was an adult. I guess that if I had read it as a teenager or young adult, I wouldn't take it in as much as I did; however I would like to be a 13 or 15 year old and read something that reassured me that you don't have to follow the church or even believe in it to be a good person. Lyra meant a lot to me while I was reading it. She reminded me of my sister - also a tomboy growing up and loyal to her friends; but also as a role model that I felt was lacking while I was growing up. She is confident, arrogant, self-assured, brave, all the qualities that are usually attributed to male characters. She isn't quiet and clean. Her love evolves slowly and doesn't demand her to change. How awesome it would be if there were more female characters like her for young and teenage girls to read about! In the  Secret Commonwealth, Lyra is an adult (ear...