Reviews - The Silver Chair

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The Silver Chair

C.S. Lewis

3.78 AVERAGE

mjgoob's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous mysterious medium-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

jocelyn_mateos's review against another edition

2.0

I had a hard time getting through this one. I think after a certain number of books, my attention span for The Chronicles wanes a bit. I’m sure this is because they are children’s literature and not because the writing isn’t good. That being said, I just didn’t come away with as much from this book as I did the others. I still enjoyed it, and I’m glad I read it. I just wasn’t captured as well as I was with some of the others.

shobbit0229's review against another edition

2.0

Weird, not sure if I really listened. It was like a tv show that I put on in the background while I work. I will probably need to listen to this again before moving on to the next book (I stupidly read in publication order).

lainey2019's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous 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: No

michaelmay's review against another edition

4.0

One of the cool things about the Narnia series is that the books are interested in different things. Magician's Nephew is pure prequel, setting the stage and getting the actors into place. The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe and Prince Caspian deal with Narnian politics. Horse and His Boy and Dawn Treader are travelogues with uncomplicated plots, where the focus is on exploring territories outside the country of Narnia itself. I love them all, but with The Silver Chair, we finally get a full-on fantasy quest, which fills a need I didn't know I had.

In true Narnia fashion, the quest is filled with symbols and references to spiritual truths. I love all of that and would enjoy a deep look into each chapter to uncover and discuss everything that Lewis is saying. Next time I read the series, I'd like to figure out a way to do that.

I really thought I'd miss the Pevensie siblings more than I did. I love all four of those kids, but Eustace Scrubb is back from Dawn Treader, still holding onto the humility and bravery he learned there. And his new companion, Jill Pole, has her own issues to deal with and lessons to learn, and they're quite different from Eustace's. I latched onto both of them every bit as hard as I did to the Pevensies.

They're both right though that Puddleglum is the true hero of the story. I thought he was going to be annoying when I first met him, but he's funny and brave and loyal. The three of them were great characters to spend time with.

ripsejanus's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted mysterious reflective relaxing sad 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

Love the fact that

Caspian used his only 5 minutes on earth to beat up Eustace's bullies. AND WITH A SWORD. also that "remember when you broke my finest sword on that sea dragon" was super unnecessary 💀