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3.78 AVERAGE
3.78 AVERAGE
Very easy read, pretty solid writing. I miss the Pevensie kids but at least we have familiarity in Eustace. Plus Puddle-glum was funny. It was nice to have a true Narnian as one of the main characters. The adventures in this book were much more riveting and creative (in my opinion) than in The Voyage of the Dawn Treader. The underworld was such a neat concept especially when it was revealed that the gnomes were from an even deeper world. I think the most riveting part was the reveal when the prince was trapped in the silver chair. I feel like that could’ve been drawn out more because it was such a good twist that I would’ve liked to sit (hehe get it?) with it for longer. Also the lore drop of centaurs having two stomachs kinda has me rolling. Lewis gives us little peaks here and there about Narnian life, but I wish he would delve deeper. I also really liked the description of the Narnian winter snowball dance. I personally feel like the part with giants could've been scrapped in favor of more lore dropping, but maybe that's cause I could see the plot about the giants coming from a mile away.
My rankings for the books so far: Wardrobe > Caspian > Chair > Voyage
My rankings for the books so far: Wardrobe > Caspian > Chair > Voyage
I really liked this one? Now that I'm deviating from the place where the movies stopped, I'm far more interested in the stories being told. I loved seeing Caspian again. (Seriously, if people had told me Caspian was in later books, I totally would have finished this earlier.) I loved all of our new characters. It did take me stupidly long to grasp that the boy Jill was with the entire time was Eustace because she literally never called him by his first name throughout the entire story. We saw him at the beginning and I thought he had dropped off the face of the Earth until I decided to Google the other person she was with. It was Eustace; she was calling him by his last name. I'm an idiot. Thank you, goodbye.
I think this has been my favorite of the Narnia series so far! Obviously I love the original but my imagination went wild with this one, and I really enjoyed Puddleglum
adventurous
emotional
funny
inspiring
lighthearted
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
adventurous
hopeful
lighthearted
medium-paced
Quite good.
The actual story seemed shorter than most? Maybe because I binged it in 2 days, but it did seem to have less meat than the others.
This is so far the book with some of the funniest lines. Puddleglum is quite funny.
Maybe I'm misremembering but I think this is the most explicitly religious book thus far. It had a lot of Christian imagery and phrases. They played into the story quite well.
Ending was quite strange.
The actual story seemed shorter than most? Maybe because I binged it in 2 days, but it did seem to have less meat than the others.
This is so far the book with some of the funniest lines. Puddleglum is quite funny.
Maybe I'm misremembering but I think this is the most explicitly religious book thus far. It had a lot of Christian imagery and phrases. They played into the story quite well.
Ending was quite strange.
At first, I missed the original four children, but once the adventure really started I found this more engaging and exciting. This is one of my favorites in the series, if not my favorite so far.
adventurous
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
3.5-4 stars
I liked this one more than [b:The Horse and His Boy|84119|The Horse and His Boy (Chronicles of Narnia, #5)|C.S. Lewis|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1388210968l/84119._SX50_.jpg|3294501], but not quite as much as [b:Prince Caspian|121749|Prince Caspian (Chronicles of Narnia, #2)|C.S. Lewis|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1308814880l/121749._SY75_.jpg|3348636]. For some reason, Polly and Eustace's interactions just really annoyed me at the beginning. But over time, I got used to it, and I did like the resolution of the ending, even if it was also very sad (yes I teared up). The very end was exciting and fun, and I'm glad things learned by Polly and Eustace ended up helping in our world. Looking forward to the last book!
I liked this one more than [b:The Horse and His Boy|84119|The Horse and His Boy (Chronicles of Narnia, #5)|C.S. Lewis|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1388210968l/84119._SX50_.jpg|3294501], but not quite as much as [b:Prince Caspian|121749|Prince Caspian (Chronicles of Narnia, #2)|C.S. Lewis|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1308814880l/121749._SY75_.jpg|3348636]. For some reason, Polly and Eustace's interactions just really annoyed me at the beginning. But over time, I got used to it, and I did like the resolution of the ending, even if it was also very sad (yes I teared up). The very end was exciting and fun, and I'm glad things learned by Polly and Eustace ended up helping in our world. Looking forward to the last book!
adventurous
lighthearted
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
I love Narnia but this one isn't the favorite book. It is still anxious to go back to Narnia. I might start over with the first book and listen to the entire series.