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The Last Battle

C.S. Lewis

3.74 AVERAGE


Inte helt nöjd med denna. Går inte att komma ifrån att den känns rasistisk i sin beskrivning av de mörkhyade calormenerna. Dessutom inte särskilt spännande, satt i relation till de andra Narnia-böckerna.
adventurous reflective tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
adventurous dark emotional sad fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated
adventurous dark medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
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i loved patrick stewart narrating this, and that's about all that i loved.

this book is by far the most racist and dripping in religious allegory of them all. they genuinely refer to the people that are meant to be middle eastern as "darkies" and say that they are bloodthirsty and stink of onions and garlic. i am not paraphrasing. those are actual lines from the book.
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
dark medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

Everyone is allowed back in Narnia except if I deem them a
slut, even "darkies" that "reek of garlic" can come but only because they count as animals (of course, the white London children don't count as animals, that's why they cannot be birthed by the magic of Narnia).
adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

This one was special. 

Gosh! that ending made me feel really uncomfortable... I don't know if I wasn't able to appreciate the real meaning, maybe... I don't know. Everything was going so well and suddenly... WHAT!? UGH... I'm gonna miss these stories anyway :(