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What age to read 'His Dark Materials'?

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juneau · 01/03/2017 15:14

DS1 is 9 and I'd be reading the books to him (rather than him reading them himself), but what sort of age themes are contained in these books? DS is currently enjoying the final Harry Potter (again, I'm reading it to him - he loves to be read to!), but he's quite a young nine-year-old, not savvy, street-smart, etc. He's still very much into his Lego, Minecraft, etc. He can cope with some 'dark' themes (such as those in HP, which don't seem to bother him), but are HDM more for 11+ age group? Many thanks.

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TrollTheRespawnJeremy · 01/03/2017 22:56

I really can't imagine having these books read to me- it would spoil it. The characters all have their own voices etc that would completely change!

That aside, it's a bit more brutal- gory even on battle scenes and has a bit more realism than harry potter in that respect.

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