Reviews tagging 'War'

Prince Caspian by C.S. Lewis

14 reviews

sburchart's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Animal death, Violence, and War

Minor: Sexism and Racism

fragrant_stars's review against another edition

adventurous medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Xenophobia, Murder, Colonisation, Genocide, Racism, Violence, War, and Blood

Minor: Pregnancy

abby_can_read's review against another edition

adventurous fast-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? It's complicated

3.0

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This was cute book. It was a good read/listen. The characters were good, I liked some of the new characters but I missed a lot of the side characters from the previous book. The plot was fun and predictable. The writing style was decent. I can see why this book is a classic. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and War

Moderate: Animal death, Death, and Murder

Minor: Torture and Sexism

lizziaha's review against another edition

4.0

My favorite of the Narnia books so far but it has to be said—the movie did it better. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexism, Misogyny, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, and War

alexschrade's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful lighthearted mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

My favorite one from the series so far!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Sexism, and War

cubbykay's review against another edition

adventurous lighthearted medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.75

Caspian introduces some wonderful characters that are instantly loveable. The retention of character growth for Edmund is great. The plot is a little lackluster though, and Aslan's judgment in timing and self-involvement (or lack thereof) is continually questionable. At least he's consistent.  Still nice to have another adventure in Narnia. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Animal death and War

another_dahlia's review against another edition

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Misogyny, Sexism, Murder, War, and Death

Minor: Child abuse

esme_may's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful mysterious relaxing medium-paced

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

3.5

Narnian politics are more complicated than I thought

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Misogyny, Animal cruelty, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, and Violence

Minor: Torture, Body shaming, Death, Alcohol, Colonisation, War, Death of parent, and Murder

clevermird's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful lighthearted medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.5

Of the seven books of the Chronicles of Narnia, Prince Caspian probably ranks sixth for me. It's not bad, and in fact, I can't exactly pinpoint what the problem is. On paper, it takes a shorter time to get going than The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe. The plot is more focused than The Voyage of the Dawn Treader. But IDK, something about this one just doesn't work as well as the others for me. The biggest issue is that the story is "split" - I don't think it's much of a spoiler to say that the Pevensie children return to Narnia in the first chapter of this book. After a bit of initial blundering around, the story takes a break to fill us in on the backstory of the titular Prince Caspian, and the rest of the book brings the two storylines together and resolves them. 

Overall, still the same delightful writing style, still the same lovable characters from Lion, but just not quite as tight. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Animal death, and War

Minor: Sexism

ollie_again's review against another edition

adventurous medium-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder, Animal death, and Violence

Minor: War