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The Chronicles Of Narnia: The Magicians Nephew

C.S. Lewis

3.89 AVERAGE

agrassi3's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous inspiring reflective fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Honestly never read the Narnia series and pretty happy I chose to go with the last released book because it’s the origin story … knowing enough about Narnia in general allowed me to follow the story pretty well. I loved it!

madkatrob's review against another edition

4.25

adventurous hopeful inspiring lighthearted medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

snowdog's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous inspiring fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

mckennaalara's review against another edition

3.5

adventurous lighthearted fast-paced

books4life2000's review against another edition

4.25

adventurous medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

kwwagner1693's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous lighthearted reflective relaxing slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

aaronreadabook's review against another edition

3.0

adventurous medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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I read The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe many times as a child, without ever realising it was part of a series. This is the first time I’ve read its prequel, and while it has the same qualities of Lewis’s writing that I loved as a child, the story itself feels a little unsatisfying. Had the book continued in the vein of the first half, jumping from world to world, it would have been much more enjoyable. But because it had to include the creation of Narnia, link to the next book, and throw in some religious symbolism for good measure, the story felt stunted to me.

lizjamham's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted mysterious fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

notalwaysjordan1990's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous mysterious fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

humanimal's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous funny fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Loveable characters: Yes