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cubbykay's review against another edition
adventurous
2.5
Aslan really was at peak assery in this book. He's far too punishing and sets them up to fail. And before you say, yeah but everything worked out the way it was divinely meant to, know that I don't care and I don't want to hear it. It's stupid. Eustace and Jill's banter is good, but they're also insufferable sometimes and can be ignorant and negligent to a point that is not entertainable in a dramatic irony sense.
Lewis's own narrative was also pretty obnoxious. He switches between empowering and belittling women with confounding irregularity. There's some fatphobia and his constant shade throwing on modern schooling is very boomer mentality. "How could they not be teaching the bible or showing the girls how to curtsy grumble grumble."
The feast with the gentle giants was the first interesting thing that happened in the book, and while I can enjoy dark twists, it felt too far for a children's book.
Puddle-Glum and the villian kind of save the story. They are a joy and well written.
But my final gripe with this book is how Caspian waited his whole life to see our world and all he gets is 5 minutes? And it's spent terrorizing school children? I'd have some strong words with Aslan after that. At least let the man try a pizza or see a movie or something. I was mad for him.
Lewis's own narrative was also pretty obnoxious. He switches between empowering and belittling women with confounding irregularity. There's some fatphobia and his constant shade throwing on modern schooling is very boomer mentality. "How could they not be teaching the bible or showing the girls how to curtsy grumble grumble."
The feast with the gentle giants was the first interesting thing that happened in the book, and while I can enjoy dark twists, it felt too far for a children's book.
Puddle-Glum and the villian kind of save the story. They are a joy and well written.
But my final gripe with this book is
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death of parent
Moderate: Fatphobia, Cannibalism, and Misogyny
Minor: Animal death, Animal cruelty, and Bullying
esme_may's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
The best of these I’ve read so far. Much better plotted than The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, with fun new characters and a unique swampy setting compared to the others
Content Warnings
Moderate: Confinement, Fire/Fire injury, Violence, Death, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Body shaming, Misogyny, Bullying, Murder, Sexism, and Slavery
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