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4.16 AVERAGE
4.16 AVERAGE
I read them all a few summers ago and LOVED them!
adventurous
dark
funny
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
mysterious
reflective
relaxing
sad
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
One of my all time favorites, and even better reading it as an adult.
if you ignore all the christianity stuff, this series is pretty fire
Itselläni ei ole näihin nostalgia-arvoa kun en ole näitä lapsena koskaan lukenut/kuullut. Aika älyttömän konservatiivisiahan nämä ovat. Muokkaisin tarinaa sitä kertoessa tai lukisin vasta sen ikäiselle jonka kanssa voi keskustella siitä, että miksi on ihan hölmöä että tytöt eivät saa taistella ja vanhin poika on perheen pää ja muita moninaisia ongelmallisia konsepteja.
Really enjoyable and well written. I just cant ignore all its problems and Alsan, I hate that lion
Racist, classist, misogynist, white supremacist Christian propaganda.
Reading as an adult, I was expecting the allegory as a child I hadn't noticed in "The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe", and while some of the flaws of the series are perhaps of their time (notably Lewis' characterisation of girls and women), others are very much his creation. In "The Last Battle", he compares Aslan with Tash of the Calormene Empire in biblically-styled language, framing Aslan as Christ and Tash as his opposite, the anti-Christ. The Calormene Empire is a stand-in for the Middle East, and by extension, the worship of Tash is a stand-in for Islam. Horrifying.
It is simply accepted by the population of Narnia that white middle-class children who arrived from a foreign land should be their Kings and Queens, and that hierarchy with "sons of Adam and daughters of Eve" at the top and "talking beasts" below is promoted by Aslan as correct. One may ask why the population of Narnia can't govern itself or whether it needs to be governed at all. One may also ask for whom in our world these "talking beasts" of Narnia are a stand-in.
Lewis has a vibrant narrative voice, and the books are consistent, with the strongest story being "The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe" and the weakest "The Magician's Nephew" (which also has an incongruous tendency toward slapstick). If you can't stomach the warriors of Calormen being explicitly referred to as "darkies" then avoid "The Last Battle"; for descriptions of the Calormene Empire and its people as cruel, or cursed, or slaver-holders avoid "The Last Battle", "The Horse and His Boy", and "Voyage of the Dawn Treader".
Girls are rewarded with horns and potions, boys with swords. Girls are to be protected from the battlefield while boys are praised for their endeavours on it. Lucy drives the narrative, yet Peter becomes the High King.
If you need your fantasy series to allegorically presume the superiority of the English and justify their historic colonial expansion under the banner of Christ, then "The Chronicles of Narnia" is very much for you.
Reading as an adult, I was expecting the allegory as a child I hadn't noticed in "The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe", and while some of the flaws of the series are perhaps of their time (notably Lewis' characterisation of girls and women), others are very much his creation. In "The Last Battle", he compares Aslan with Tash of the Calormene Empire in biblically-styled language, framing Aslan as Christ and Tash as his opposite, the anti-Christ. The Calormene Empire is a stand-in for the Middle East, and by extension, the worship of Tash is a stand-in for Islam. Horrifying.
It is simply accepted by the population of Narnia that white middle-class children who arrived from a foreign land should be their Kings and Queens, and that hierarchy with "sons of Adam and daughters of Eve" at the top and "talking beasts" below is promoted by Aslan as correct. One may ask why the population of Narnia can't govern itself or whether it needs to be governed at all. One may also ask for whom in our world these "talking beasts" of Narnia are a stand-in.
Lewis has a vibrant narrative voice, and the books are consistent, with the strongest story being "The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe" and the weakest "The Magician's Nephew" (which also has an incongruous tendency toward slapstick). If you can't stomach the warriors of Calormen being explicitly referred to as "darkies" then avoid "The Last Battle"; for descriptions of the Calormene Empire and its people as cruel, or cursed, or slaver-holders avoid "The Last Battle", "The Horse and His Boy", and "Voyage of the Dawn Treader".
Girls are rewarded with horns and potions, boys with swords. Girls are to be protected from the battlefield while boys are praised for their endeavours on it. Lucy drives the narrative, yet Peter becomes the High King.
If you need your fantasy series to allegorically presume the superiority of the English and justify their historic colonial expansion under the banner of Christ, then "The Chronicles of Narnia" is very much for you.
As a junior high school student, I was very sensitive to what I perceived as sneaky Christian proselytizing in these books. I should try again as an adult.