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simbotheking 's review for:
The Silver Chair
by C.S. Lewis
This is the weakest book in the chronicles of Narnia I've read so far. There's two principle reasons why I didn't enjoy this book. One is more relevant than the other.
Firstly, its story is quite weak and CS Lewis' writing style is getting a bit bland now. It feels like it lacks the spark of earlier books in the series.
Secondly, it has aged very poorly and there's quite rampant sexism in this book. The description of Experiment House is also an offensive caricature of certain schools from that time. Whilst I understand that I'm judging the book by modern standards the 50s are not that long ago and there were certainly people around with better (imo) politics than Lewis'. Furthermore, regardless of historical context, I can only judge the book by what I currently enjoy and the poor ageing definitely did detract from my experience. However, I can understand people who overlook this and enjoy the book more - it just didn't work for me.
Firstly, its story is quite weak and CS Lewis' writing style is getting a bit bland now. It feels like it lacks the spark of earlier books in the series.
Secondly, it has aged very poorly and there's quite rampant sexism in this book. The description of Experiment House is also an offensive caricature of certain schools from that time. Whilst I understand that I'm judging the book by modern standards the 50s are not that long ago and there were certainly people around with better (imo) politics than Lewis'. Furthermore, regardless of historical context, I can only judge the book by what I currently enjoy and the poor ageing definitely did detract from my experience. However, I can understand people who overlook this and enjoy the book more - it just didn't work for me.