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Jilţul de argint by Irina Negrea, C.S. Lewis
3.0
I just feel so underwhelmed by everything, I lost interest at a certain point, but I managed to power through and read the Silver Chair. This one, although with less religious references than previous novel, is riddled with plot holes and with events that occur just so it could fill a number of pages.
Once again we have a son of Adam and a daughter of Eve trying to bring the rightful king back into Narnia. The two are bullied in school and although it is not okay to bully, the fact that at the end, when they return, they beat up their bullies because Aslan gave them the power was just so retarded.
The witch sequence made no sense. Why would you try to explain to a person who was trying to convince you that the sun was not real what the sun is? Also, there are so many plot holes here that I need to take a deep breath or else I will lower the rating to two stars. Still: Where did she come from? Why did she want to rule Narnia? Why did she kidnap the prince? Why would she need the prince when she has an army already? Why did she turn into a snake? The answer to all these questions will disappoint many: because she is evil and the story says so.
I hate saying my boyfriend is right, my boyfriend who knows nothing about Narnia, who does not read fiction, but he was right to an extent: Although now I will forever have this bitter taste in my mouth whenever I think of Narnia, I can look at this journey from 12 year old to 27 year old and see how innocent I was, how much I have grown and how I can see even the smallest hint of allegory into this. Religious allegories are just too much into your face, too much forcing you to see how awesome lion Jesus Aslan is, how he is always right and those who are not on Aslan's side are evil people. This is not ok, and simply because Lewis forces this idea that christianity is the only religion that is right and the others are evil is just toxic and a very aggressive form of discrimination.
After all this, with the journey almost over, do I still recommend the books? Sadly, no. They encourage an almost cult like mindset towards God and Jesus and this is not something you want your child to think when talking about spiritual belief.
Once again we have a son of Adam and a daughter of Eve trying to bring the rightful king back into Narnia. The two are bullied in school and although it is not okay to bully, the fact that at the end, when they return, they beat up their bullies because Aslan gave them the power was just so retarded.
The witch sequence made no sense. Why would you try to explain to a person who was trying to convince you that the sun was not real what the sun is? Also, there are so many plot holes here that I need to take a deep breath or else I will lower the rating to two stars. Still: Where did she come from? Why did she want to rule Narnia? Why did she kidnap the prince? Why would she need the prince when she has an army already? Why did she turn into a snake? The answer to all these questions will disappoint many: because she is evil and the story says so.
I hate saying my boyfriend is right, my boyfriend who knows nothing about Narnia, who does not read fiction, but he was right to an extent: Although now I will forever have this bitter taste in my mouth whenever I think of Narnia, I can look at this journey from 12 year old to 27 year old and see how innocent I was, how much I have grown and how I can see even the smallest hint of allegory into this. Religious allegories are just too much into your face, too much forcing you to see how awesome lion Jesus Aslan is, how he is always right and those who are not on Aslan's side are evil people. This is not ok, and simply because Lewis forces this idea that christianity is the only religion that is right and the others are evil is just toxic and a very aggressive form of discrimination.
After all this, with the journey almost over, do I still recommend the books? Sadly, no. They encourage an almost cult like mindset towards God and Jesus and this is not something you want your child to think when talking about spiritual belief.