Reviews

The Magician's Nephew by C.S. Lewis

evachristinee's review

adventurous inspiring mysterious reflective relaxing medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

davinci10038's review against another edition

medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

rebbes's review

adventurous inspiring lighthearted mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

dnietoperafan's review

2.0

To be totally honest, this story was somewhat interesting until it got to a point where it wasn't anymore. It's easy to read, but the plot started to become too childish for my liking. That's just my personal opinion. I didn't have any favourite character... I just couldn't relate to the story at all.

michelleann's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful lighthearted relaxing medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

I decided to start with the series in chronological order. This is story of Digory and Polly trying to save their world and Narnia from the Queen who tries to take over either world. It’s also the creation of Narnia by Aslan. 

Digory is the nephew of Uncle Andrew. Tricks him with rings. Polly and him travel through the worlds accidentally bringing Queen Jadis to their world. Getting her back, they accidentally bring her to Narnia where Aslan is creating it. Aslan sends Digory on an adventure to bring him something back. Jadis is trying to conquer worlds. 
It explains how there is a lamppost in Narnia (the queen breaks it off in the human world and brings it back with her to Narnia) and how the wardrobe was built (the apple tree was destroyed in the human world and used to create it)

adelaidelyn's review against another edition

adventurous lighthearted fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.75

readnow_speaklater's review against another edition

adventurous lighthearted mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.25

briefly_remembered_'s review

adventurous inspiring lighthearted relaxing fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

humbird's review against another edition

5.0

This one is perhaps my favorite, but I'm not totally sure that I'm remembering accurately. Maybe it's time to go through and read them all again (for at last the 4th time) just to be sure. :oD

llamaburger32's review

3.0

I personally really enjoyed reading this. I listened to it while cleaning and I love diving back into this world. The way that it all works out is really interesting in regard to later books and the writing was really easy to follow. A negative is how little actually happened in this book, but other than that it was great.