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A review by emma_hughes_
The Horse and His Boy by C.S. Lewis
4.0
[b:The Horse and His Boy|84119|The Horse and His Boy (Chronicles of Narnia, #5)|C.S. Lewis|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1388210968s/84119.jpg|3294501] is my mother's and my brother's favorite of the Narnia books, but I'm afraid I don't love it quite as much as they do.
what I like:
• visiting the land of the Calormen is a fun experience. I love that Lewis has a whole realm set up for his characters to enjoy, that we have Narnia and Archenland and Telmar to explore.
• of course, Lewis's storytelling is always fantastic. There's something delightful about reading a book written so plainly and purely, yet that still possesses a depth which many more complicated books lack.
• as always, his portrayal of the Gospel in his stories is beautiful. Though the books other than [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] don't have a direct Gospel retelling in them, they still quietly (or, sometimes loudly!) point out the ways Jesus is with us, directing every moment of our lives. As Shasta says, "he seems to be at the back of all the stories."
• every character gets a chance at redemption, and most of the time it's redemption from their pride, which rings true with me.
what I don't like:
• I don't much care for the reckoning of Rabadash, though I appreciate the warning it contains.
• that's about it. I like the whole book, it just isn't quite as dear to me as some of the others, perhaps because we never got around to reading it out loud as a family.
I'm enjoying reading the series in chronological order. It's fun to see new connections that I perhaps wouldn't have made if I hadn't read it in this order. But I still feel that, if you're reading the series for the first time, you ought to 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], if only for the sake of getting to know the delightful Pevensies.
what I like:
• visiting the land of the Calormen is a fun experience. I love that Lewis has a whole realm set up for his characters to enjoy, that we have Narnia and Archenland and Telmar to explore.
• of course, Lewis's storytelling is always fantastic. There's something delightful about reading a book written so plainly and purely, yet that still possesses a depth which many more complicated books lack.
• as always, his portrayal of the Gospel in his stories is beautiful. Though the books other than [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] don't have a direct Gospel retelling in them, they still quietly (or, sometimes loudly!) point out the ways Jesus is with us, directing every moment of our lives. As Shasta says, "he seems to be at the back of all the stories."
• every character gets a chance at redemption, and most of the time it's redemption from their pride, which rings true with me.
what I don't like:
• I don't much care for the reckoning of Rabadash, though I appreciate the warning it contains.
• that's about it. I like the whole book, it just isn't quite as dear to me as some of the others, perhaps because we never got around to reading it out loud as a family.
I'm enjoying reading the series in chronological order. It's fun to see new connections that I perhaps wouldn't have made if I hadn't read it in this order. But I still feel that, if you're reading the series for the first time, you ought to 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], if only for the sake of getting to know the delightful Pevensies.