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3.7 AVERAGE
3.7 AVERAGE
adventurous
emotional
funny
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
funny
fast-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
"Breehy-hinny-brinny-hoohy-hah"
"I'll never be able to say that. Can I call you Bree?"
And from that moment on the horse is just "Bree", even in narration, even when meeting new people. He has remembered his name all these years even though he never could tell it to anyone, and the very first person he tells (a white little boy) dismisses him and shortens his name to just Bree. Breehy-hinny-brinny-hoohy-hah honestly feels like a name Lewis gave the horse as an intentionally "ridiculous" name with no intention of ever actually using it. The horse comments that Shasta's name is actually hard to pronounce, but he never attempts to shorten or change it.
Lots of reviews point out racism throughout this story, but the name change particularly struck me, because Shasta/Cor does it without thinking twice about it and has no awareness he has even done anything wrong in much the same way that a white person could read this story just glazing over the racism without acknowledging it.
I wouldn't recommend this book. I don't know how racist the other books are, but you can easily skip this book without missing any important plot at all.
"I'll never be able to say that. Can I call you Bree?"
And from that moment on the horse is just "Bree", even in narration, even when meeting new people. He has remembered his name all these years even though he never could tell it to anyone, and the very first person he tells (a white little boy) dismisses him and shortens his name to just Bree. Breehy-hinny-brinny-hoohy-hah honestly feels like a name Lewis gave the horse as an intentionally "ridiculous" name with no intention of ever actually using it. The horse comments that Shasta's name is actually hard to pronounce, but he never attempts to shorten or change it.
Lots of reviews point out racism throughout this story, but the name change particularly struck me, because Shasta/Cor does it without thinking twice about it and has no awareness he has even done anything wrong in much the same way that a white person could read this story just glazing over the racism without acknowledging it.
I wouldn't recommend this book. I don't know how racist the other books are, but you can easily skip this book without missing any important plot at all.
some books become better with time. this is one of them. this third re reading made me appreciate the story more. I know how people complain about Lewis being a racist and maybe he is but I see an English man writing as an English man. if you read English literature you will see that the countries of middle east were seen as the exotic barbarian horizon that inspired the English. Lewis writes based on the views of his time and still he does create some likeable characters from these new places. furthermore, we see the Narnians being thought as barbarians too. actually the word barbarian, a Greek word, used to mean foreign. it is with the centuries that its meaning acquired this negative meaning.
A minor diversion from the 'main stories' of Narnia in this book Lewis introduces a whole new group of characters who are captivating and engrossing. This is probably for the older Narnia fans as I didn't enjoy it so much as a kid but certaintly appreciate it more now
adventurous
mysterious
medium-paced
this took me way to long to read but i couldn't really connect with this one... it was good but.. yeah.
also don’t mind the order, i’m reading the order that is says on the books
also don’t mind the order, i’m reading the order that is says on the books
adventurous
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
adventurous
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
challenging
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
N/A