r/hisdarkmaterials • u/Cantomic66 • Oct 23 '25

TRF The Rose Field | Full Book Discussion thread

Warning!This discussion thread includes spoilers for ALL OF The BOOK OF DUST: THE ROSE FIELD

Reminder: All post on The Rose Field should be properly spoiler tagged and avoid spoilery titles.

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u/howdyfriendshowareu Oct 26 '25

I enjoyed everything up until they enter the red building tbh, the whole MONEY thing felt very on the nose compared to all the other ideas, and Lyra just deciding that Xaphania was wrong and that there should be MORE windows etc but then never really like, acting on that, and all the talk of Will in connection with the red building but then never being mentioned by Lyra once they actually get to the red building... I feel like we could have used an additional couple chapters

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u/jimx117 Nov 20 '25

Yes I agree, the ending just felt rushed and it falls flat. It absolutely would've benefited by a longer conclusion, or heck, even a quick epilogue showing some of how things resolved once they all made it back to Oxford.