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4.16 AVERAGE
4.16 AVERAGE
adventurous
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
mysterious
reflective
relaxing
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
N/A
I read this over and over when I was a girl. I didn't get the religious imagery until much later.
emotional
hopeful
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
First completed: 1/6/23
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This was a fun read. I wanted something lighthearted, a comfort read to soothe my inner child, and though a few parts of this book pissed me off, it was mostly an adventure that I enjoyed.
I have a few criticisms.
The way this was written was, put simply, terrible. The lack of commars, the run on sentences, the way the author would say "and then everyone did this or did that" — which was unrealistic at best, the bad grammar that the author didn't seem to realise was wrong. It's the way I used to write as a child, and likely where I got my early writing style from.
Not to mention the misogyny! It's telling for the time it was written, of the common attitude towards women. But several times there were mentions of Lucy and Susan preparing food in the kitchen while Peter went out to hunt, or Father Christmas saying that women shouldn't fight in battle (which is clearly a projection of the author's own views). And old Mrs Beaver was such a stereotypical old woman, and had no character except bustling around the kitchen packing up food and her sewing machine. She was caring, and that's good on the surface, but that's all her character was. All of it.
And the way that the author kept mentioning things that they already mentioned, sometimes a couple of paragraphs later, as if we as the readers had forgotten already. It was as if the author was treating his readers as if they were idiots, albeit this is written for kids, but when reading it as an adult, it's hard to not be bristled.
Narnia has very Christian imagery the entire way through. The white witch being the daughter of Lilith, Aslan being Jesus and his sacrifice, resurrection and miracles, and everyone's awe of him whenever he's around. I'm not criticising this necessarily, but it's extremely obvious.
I probably won't read the next one. I'm not enticed. I might though, if I want another comfort-read— though it wasn't very comforting now that I think about it. Sure, it didn't have any of the adult themes that I was trying to avoid when going into this, and I appreciate that, but it didn't have that 'Studio Ghibli' feel to it.
it felt nice though, to read this in two days. It reminds me of the way I used to read as a kid, avidly, finishing a book almost as quickly as my mum bought them. It feels nostalgic. And it was a nice escape from reality. It distracted me, which is exactly what I was reading for. Though the read itself wasn't that great, this feeling afterwards is.
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This was a fun read. I wanted something lighthearted, a comfort read to soothe my inner child, and though a few parts of this book pissed me off, it was mostly an adventure that I enjoyed.
I have a few criticisms.
The way this was written was, put simply, terrible. The lack of commars, the run on sentences, the way the author would say "and then everyone did this or did that" — which was unrealistic at best, the bad grammar that the author didn't seem to realise was wrong. It's the way I used to write as a child, and likely where I got my early writing style from.
Not to mention the misogyny! It's telling for the time it was written, of the common attitude towards women. But several times there were mentions of Lucy and Susan preparing food in the kitchen while Peter went out to hunt, or Father Christmas saying that women shouldn't fight in battle (which is clearly a projection of the author's own views). And old Mrs Beaver was such a stereotypical old woman, and had no character except bustling around the kitchen packing up food and her sewing machine. She was caring, and that's good on the surface, but that's all her character was. All of it.
And the way that the author kept mentioning things that they already mentioned, sometimes a couple of paragraphs later, as if we as the readers had forgotten already. It was as if the author was treating his readers as if they were idiots, albeit this is written for kids, but when reading it as an adult, it's hard to not be bristled.
Narnia has very Christian imagery the entire way through. The white witch being the daughter of Lilith, Aslan being Jesus and his sacrifice, resurrection and miracles, and everyone's awe of him whenever he's around. I'm not criticising this necessarily, but it's extremely obvious.
I probably won't read the next one. I'm not enticed. I might though, if I want another comfort-read— though it wasn't very comforting now that I think about it. Sure, it didn't have any of the adult themes that I was trying to avoid when going into this, and I appreciate that, but it didn't have that 'Studio Ghibli' feel to it.
it felt nice though, to read this in two days. It reminds me of the way I used to read as a kid, avidly, finishing a book almost as quickly as my mum bought them. It feels nostalgic. And it was a nice escape from reality. It distracted me, which is exactly what I was reading for. Though the read itself wasn't that great, this feeling afterwards is.
Fantastic creatures, wonderful story - I wish I would have read it as a child.
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
lighthearted
reflective
slow-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
Good but not as good as lotr in my childish mind. This book introduced me to Turkish delight and honestly that's just a net positive
The first 5 short stories were amazing 4.5/5
But the last just made me angry. Don't know why, but they wheren't my jam at all.
But the last just made me angry. Don't know why, but they wheren't my jam at all.