I enjoyed this even more than I remembered enjoying it. I got a lot more out of it than the first time through, and I still find the wheeled people just so fantastic.
This book ended up being even better than I remember it! I could hardly put it down. There's a lot more subtly than I can remember (unsurprisingly). I am very glad I chose to re-read this before diving into the Book of Dust. I will definitely be reading the Amber Spyglass next. It also served as welcome escape from Covid, that is currently infecting everything (as well as everyone) in our lifes.
This is a really enjoyable, sexy queer book, with a somewhat flat ending. It felt like the whole book was building to a big gradual reveal, that came about two chapters before the end of the book. Then it just carries on, without really having anything more to say.