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4.09 AVERAGE
4.09 AVERAGE
adventurous
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
adventurous
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Reading some classics that I never got around to as a kid. I think I definitely would’ve enjoyed this a lot and I liked the movies so it wasn’t too much of a surprise.
adventurous
funny
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
N/A
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
N/A
It always surprises me when I read this book how little detail there is to it. My imagination filled in so many blanks as a child that the magic came completely alive. I still think about Narnia on snowy days.
adventurous
lighthearted
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
The writing style reminded me of the bedtime stories my dad used to tell me when I was young.
Last time I read this book was July, 2005. I clearly remember sitting on the lawn outside my apartment, on a sunny Sunday morning, reading aloud with a good friend while my ex-boyfriend moved his belongings out, and feeling a sense of incredible peace and safety at the mention of Aslan, in the midst of my terrible fear, sadness, low self-worth, and anxiety. At the time I had absolutely zero interest in being a Christian. I didn't have any particular problems with Christianity as an idea, and thought that the Bible had some very good ideas indeed. But they were just ideas.
It was interesting to reread it now after seven years of rather transformative life experiences, not the least of which was becoming a follower of Christ. Interestingly enough, I was *not* filled with the same sort of overwhelming peace in this reading, but part of that might have been the different setting - reading together out loud was much more powerful than reading alone and silently.
One thing I never noticed before, but noticed this time, is that Edmund is portrayed from the very beginning as being more careless than his brother and sisters - he alone enters the wardrobe and closes the door behind him, forgetting that "it is very silly to shut oneself into a wardrobe." C.S. Lewis says this five times in the first fifty pages, always saying slightly differently how silly or foolish a thing it is to do. Why was Lewis obsessed with this idea? Was he that worried that his Goddaughter (for whom he was writing the story) would read the story and then inadvertently lock herself into a wardrobe? Regardless, it shows that Edmund falls for the tricks of the White Witch not just through bad luck, but because he is careless, apparently with both little things like wardrobe doors and crucial matters like the state of his soul.
It was interesting to reread it now after seven years of rather transformative life experiences, not the least of which was becoming a follower of Christ. Interestingly enough, I was *not* filled with the same sort of overwhelming peace in this reading, but part of that might have been the different setting - reading together out loud was much more powerful than reading alone and silently.
One thing I never noticed before, but noticed this time, is that Edmund is portrayed from the very beginning as being more careless than his brother and sisters - he alone enters the wardrobe and closes the door behind him, forgetting that "it is very silly to shut oneself into a wardrobe." C.S. Lewis says this five times in the first fifty pages, always saying slightly differently how silly or foolish a thing it is to do. Why was Lewis obsessed with this idea? Was he that worried that his Goddaughter (for whom he was writing the story) would read the story and then inadvertently lock herself into a wardrobe? Regardless, it shows that Edmund falls for the tricks of the White Witch not just through bad luck, but because he is careless, apparently with both little things like wardrobe doors and crucial matters like the state of his soul.
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
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:
No
Edmund doing all this shit for a D-tier dairy milk flavour?