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4.16 AVERAGE
4.16 AVERAGE
The Lion, the Witch, and The Wardrobe | Prince Caspian | The Voyage of the DawnTreader | The Silver Chair | The Horse and his Boy | The Magicians Nephew | The Last Battle
Narnia, sweet Narnia.
When I was young, your tales made my imagination swirl. You were the sweet little brother to Lord of the Rings. As a kid brother, we enjoyed hanging out at first. Your silly antics and off kilter view of reality made me smile. LOTR and I thought you were fancy in your way.
Before long, we had out grown you. Your psuedo-serious outlook on the world no longer caught our attention. While LOTR and I grew up, you stayed the same. You lacked depth and fell back on religion like a crutch. Though getting older, you continued to prey on the young; like a creepy guy who searches out and only dates high school (or younger) children. Though still friends, you and I no longer communicated. LOTR and I continued to pal around.
Recently, I found that I was missing you. Some films were made in the last few years detailing your exploits and I forgot your faults, remembering the glory days in vivid technicolor CG digital surround sound awesomeness . Watching them brought back great memories indeed. I went out and looked you up. You were easy to find, everyone knew who you were. I was nervous to meet up as it had been so long.
In the end, we hung out in a series of seven sessions. In the first, everything was cool, we were getting along fine overall. By the second and third i was over you.. I was done hanging out, but we had made plans and I hate to flake. By the 7th, I was done. figuratively, physically, meticulously, fabrically, foodily, etc. done. NO MORE.
As far as I am concerned, you can stick to pleasing the kiddies. You and I no longer have anything in common Narnia.
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For those who could not tell, I bought the chronicles of narnia in aboxed set. It didnt cost me much, about 30 bucks at Powells. All of the cover art was the same as one the versions I read as a kid. The stories were still the same, and the goals and plot were as remembered. I forgot how GODDAMN HEAVY HANDED C.S. Lewis was.
Anyway, great for kids, not so great for someone who has expanded his/her reading base.
If I were to have to choose a favorite of the INKlings, I would gladly choose Tolkien. This is not to lesen the work of Lewis, but damn.. I wish I would have left it in the realm of memory and not re-read the series.
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Narnia, sweet Narnia.
When I was young, your tales made my imagination swirl. You were the sweet little brother to Lord of the Rings. As a kid brother, we enjoyed hanging out at first. Your silly antics and off kilter view of reality made me smile. LOTR and I thought you were fancy in your way.
Before long, we had out grown you. Your psuedo-serious outlook on the world no longer caught our attention. While LOTR and I grew up, you stayed the same. You lacked depth and fell back on religion like a crutch. Though getting older, you continued to prey on the young; like a creepy guy who searches out and only dates high school (or younger) children. Though still friends, you and I no longer communicated. LOTR and I continued to pal around.
Recently, I found that I was missing you. Some films were made in the last few years detailing your exploits and I forgot your faults, remembering the glory days in vivid technicolor CG digital surround sound awesomeness . Watching them brought back great memories indeed. I went out and looked you up. You were easy to find, everyone knew who you were. I was nervous to meet up as it had been so long.
In the end, we hung out in a series of seven sessions. In the first, everything was cool, we were getting along fine overall. By the second and third i was over you.. I was done hanging out, but we had made plans and I hate to flake. By the 7th, I was done. figuratively, physically, meticulously, fabrically, foodily, etc. done. NO MORE.
As far as I am concerned, you can stick to pleasing the kiddies. You and I no longer have anything in common Narnia.
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For those who could not tell, I bought the chronicles of narnia in aboxed set. It didnt cost me much, about 30 bucks at Powells. All of the cover art was the same as one the versions I read as a kid. The stories were still the same, and the goals and plot were as remembered. I forgot how GODDAMN HEAVY HANDED C.S. Lewis was.
Anyway, great for kids, not so great for someone who has expanded his/her reading base.
If I were to have to choose a favorite of the INKlings, I would gladly choose Tolkien. This is not to lesen the work of Lewis, but damn.. I wish I would have left it in the realm of memory and not re-read the series.
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A fantasy world with rich spiritual allegory. There are so many holes in this story. Although it’s marketed as a children’s story, I’m not so sure. The text is difficult with kids fighting battles, drinking beer for breakfast, and visiting pleasure houses.
4* mainly thanks to Silver Chair -.-"
And though I love The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, reading goes a bit slower than usual for me..
And though I love The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, reading goes a bit slower than usual for me..
adventurous
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
medium-paced
Spectacular series. Read as a child and apparently wouldn't shut up about it (according to family), read it again for my daughter when she was little. Fantastic story and world building.
adventurous
hopeful
lighthearted
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Loveable characters:
Yes
Je regrette de ne pas m'être plongée dans cette lecture plus tôt, quand j'étais plus jeune... Je l'aurais sûrement abordée d'une manière complètement différente. Narnia est un monde merveilleux et très poétique, j'ai été ravie de m'y plonger après l'avoir laisser traîner dans ma PAL pendant des années. Chacun peut y trouver son compte, des histoires m'ont beaucoup plu, d'autres moins. J'ai préféré les aventures avec les enfants Pevensie que celles d'Eustache, mais j'ai beaucoup aimé découvrir les origines de Narnia et retrouver Aslan au fil des pages.
I read this series previously as a child and I have to say that after reading them as an adult, I enjoyed and appreciate them even more.
Things I loved:
-The reoccurring theme of forgiveness
-Eustace’s character development (he was a bit of an asshole in The Dawn Treader)
- Jill. She’s my favorite character in the series! She’s pretty bad ass!
- I am a Christian, so I appreciated the parallels between the theological concepts of the Bible and the ones that play out in this series. HOWEVER, I also think these concepts are not specifically “Christian”, anyone can carry these life lessons/messages into real life.
-Emeth’s character and his salvation. Emeth, who was a Calormen and worshiped Tash, was also a good person and Aslan allows him to enter the afterlife in Aslan’s Country. As Aslan says- “I take to me the services which thou hast done to Tash [the false god]... if any man swear by him and keep his oath for the oath's sake, it is by me that he has truly sworn, though he know it not, and it is I who reward him.”
I think this is a big deal considering the books were written in the 50’s, and it’s very progressive for Lewis
to have included it in his writing.
-The White Witch: a truly fabulous and evil villain. The Lady of Green Kirtle is pretty scary as well.
What I didn’t like:
-There is some racism here against the Calormen, Lewis constantly references them as being darker, prideful, and smelling of garlic. They worship a false god- Tash- who ends up actually being an evil demon. Only a few good characters are Calormen: Avaris and Emeth among them.
Things I loved:
-The reoccurring theme of forgiveness
-Eustace’s character development (he was a bit of an asshole in The Dawn Treader)
- Jill. She’s my favorite character in the series! She’s pretty bad ass!
- I am a Christian, so I appreciated the parallels between the theological concepts of the Bible and the ones that play out in this series. HOWEVER, I also think these concepts are not specifically “Christian”, anyone can carry these life lessons/messages into real life.
-Emeth’s character and his salvation. Emeth, who was a Calormen and worshiped Tash, was also a good person and Aslan allows him to enter the afterlife in Aslan’s Country. As Aslan says- “I take to me the services which thou hast done to Tash [the false god]... if any man swear by him and keep his oath for the oath's sake, it is by me that he has truly sworn, though he know it not, and it is I who reward him.”
I think this is a big deal considering the books were written in the 50’s, and it’s very progressive for Lewis
to have included it in his writing.
-The White Witch: a truly fabulous and evil villain. The Lady of Green Kirtle is pretty scary as well.
What I didn’t like:
-There is some racism here against the Calormen, Lewis constantly references them as being darker, prideful, and smelling of garlic. They worship a false god- Tash- who ends up actually being an evil demon. Only a few good characters are Calormen: Avaris and Emeth among them.