Quote Originally Posted by Pembroke_Corgi
I agree, Philip Pullman's "Dark Materials" is vastly superior to the HP series (and I really enjoyed the HP series!). I have to disagree that Lewis is more gripping than Rowling though. I never read the Chronicles of Narnia as a child (I could never get into them), and when I had to read them for a Children's Lit class in college I found them to be rather dull (just my opinion!) and I think Lewis actually underestimated the abilities of children, as most of the work seems to be a bit dumbed-down. However, I was able to read Harry Potter as an adult and I was still very interested (though the first few books are a bit simple).
I love both! HP and The dark Materials! I have and have read all the hp books and ive just finished the first of the dark materials series. And i agree. Lyras world beats Harry potters by far.