A review by sunshinemc
The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis

5.0

This series set the standard of Fantasy for me as a kid. I've always leaned more towards sci-fi than magic, but the world of Narnia is so layered and diverse (Father Christmas to centaurs to talking mice to monopods) that I kinda wanted to live there. And of course there are the allegorical elements Lewis crammed into the story. Some of THESE bits are so beautifully simple that they've stuck with me since I was a kid, and, re-reading as an adult, I appreciate them even more. Puddleglum's speech in Underworld. Eustace's un-dragoning. It took me until adulthood to really care about The Last Battle at all, but now I think it's the most hopeful and joyful story of the series. "Further up and further in."