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3.74 AVERAGE
3.74 AVERAGE
adventurous
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
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:
Yes
I did not love the ending. Spoilers ahead. They all died in the railway accident and ended up in heaven? I'm sorry but I think that is just a simple way of ending this story by putting everybody from every story in Aslan's country. Couldn't it just end on Earth again? I also didn't like the rest of the story, with Tash and the ape, it just didn't get me like the rest of the books did.
Ends so strong. Kinda violent compared to the others, with a lot of apocalyptic imagery. Made it more interesting for me, but I can see why this one might be too different from the others to be enjoyable for some people. I loved it, however. Side note, can I have a pet donkey named Puzzle?
Final series ranking from worst to best:
Silver Chair
Prince Caspian
Magician's Nephew
The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe
The Last Battle
Voyage of the Dawn Treader
The Horse and His Boy
Final series ranking from worst to best:
Silver Chair
Prince Caspian
Magician's Nephew
The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe
The Last Battle
Voyage of the Dawn Treader
The Horse and His Boy
Having battled over and over against witches and tyrants, Narnia falls to a grifter. The novel opens on Shift and Puzzle planning their con, which must, to the first generation of readers, have felt like such low stakes on which to open the final book. It rings subtly true, as the plot follows the increasingly evident incurability of a spirit-deep rot beyond what swords can beat back. In the absence of grand military stakes, much of The Last Battle is devoted to philosophizing on false gods, demagogues, modernity and faith, and bursts with vivid symbolism: four-armed Tash rotting the grass on which he walks, a miracle in a stable that none emerge sane enough to describe, and the final collapse of Narnia into psychedelic apocalypse at Aslan’s decree.
With the themes so richly concentrated, it’s unfortunate that The Last Battle is also where the persistent mean-spiritedness of the story metastatizes into outright hatred. CS Lewis passes his final judgements here: Susan, distracted by boys and dances, gets no hero’s welcome into Aslan’s country. Neither do the Calormenes (save one - described as much handsomer than his other dark-skinned countrymen), who, unlike the Telmarines who conquered Narnia previously, get no Prince Caspian figure to lead them towards responsible stewardship: the world is better ended than left to them.
Narnia could have gotten a better ending than the Last Battle, but it couldn’t have gotten a more perfect one. All these books have, to some degree, been characterized by plain-spoken wisdom, unpatronizing honesty, and small-minded English contempt. For good and for ill, The Last Battle is the wisest, most honest, and most contemptuous of them all.
adventurous
lighthearted
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:
No
adventurous
dark
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
sad
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
adventurous
adventurous
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
reflective
tense
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:
Yes
adventurous
challenging
emotional
inspiring
lighthearted
reflective
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
