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emma_hughes_ 's review for:
The Magician's Nephew
by C.S. Lewis
I do love these books. they just... they make my heart burn with the ache of good storytelling. since I got my own box set of the series for Christmas, I decided to read them in chronological order (I've previously been a stickler for reading them in the order they were published, but I wanted to try this way since that's how the box set numbers them). chronologically, [b:The Magician's Nephew|65605|The Magician's Nephew (Chronicles of Narnia, #6)|C.S. Lewis|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1308814770s/65605.jpg|1031537] is the first one in the series, as it deals with "how all the comings and goings between our own world and narnia first began.
what I like:
• the first time I read this, what most struck me was lewis's beautiful portrait of I love the creativity behind it all, and being a singer myself, it resonates with me.
• the most enjoyable part of any prequel (because this is, indeed, a prequel) is seeing the way it ties in with the original. all of lewis's parallels to [b:The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe|100915|The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe (Chronicles of Narnia, #1)|C.S. Lewis|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1353029077s/100915.jpg|4790821] are quite clever and woven in quite well to the narrative.
• as always, something new strikes me every time I read one of these books. some Gospel truth I missed the first time around hits me hard, in this case, the delightful way Aslan blesses His animals, in such a way that they are joyful and His plan is still furthered.
•somehow, lewis always manages to add a bit of humor to his books, and I love him for it.
what I don't like:
• there isn't much, but I've always felt that the narnia books get weirder as you go on (assuming you start with [b:The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe|100915|The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe (Chronicles of Narnia, #1)|C.S. Lewis|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1353029077s/100915.jpg|4790821]). so naturally, this had some weird elements in it, like. the later books still have a lot of beauty in them, I just don't love them quite as much as I love the first four. perhaps that will change, in time.
what I like:
• the first time I read this, what most struck me was lewis's beautiful portrait of
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Aslan singing the world into being.• the most enjoyable part of any prequel (because this is, indeed, a prequel) is seeing the way it ties in with the original. all of lewis's parallels to [b:The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe|100915|The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe (Chronicles of Narnia, #1)|C.S. Lewis|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1353029077s/100915.jpg|4790821] are quite clever and woven in quite well to the narrative.
• as always, something new strikes me every time I read one of these books. some Gospel truth I missed the first time around hits me hard, in this case, the delightful way Aslan blesses His animals, in such a way that they are joyful and His plan is still furthered.
•somehow, lewis always manages to add a bit of humor to his books, and I love him for it.
what I don't like:
• there isn't much, but I've always felt that the narnia books get weirder as you go on (assuming you start with [b:The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe|100915|The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe (Chronicles of Narnia, #1)|C.S. Lewis|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1353029077s/100915.jpg|4790821]). so naturally, this had some weird elements in it, like