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tuckeralmengor 's review for:
The Horse and His Boy
by C.S. Lewis
3.5 stars
Honestly, The Horse and His Boy is one of my least favorite books in the Chronicles of Narnia. I'm not quite sure why but I just find it so boring.
It follows Bree and Chasta (is that how it's spelled? I'm too lazy to look it up) and them escaping into Narnia. It's a story I honestly wasn't that invested in.
It introduced one of the bigger issues in this series though. I want to note that The Horse and His Boy was originally written and published in the 1950's so I understand that this was written when the racial culture was completely different.
All that said, there is some obvious racism going on here that I will cover more in my review of The Last Battle but to put it simply, the villains are dark-skinned and dark-haired. The hereos are light-skinned and blonde. See the problem here?
I'm also not really sure which Bible story this is an allegory for. HAHA JUST KIDDING. I figured it out. It's an allegory for the story of Moses. Okay, okay. I did do some googling and I figured it out.
Overall, this book definitely isn't a highlight of the series, it's decent. As it isn't needed to understand the overall story, I would say that you can read it if you really want to but it isn't necessary.
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Honestly, The Horse and His Boy is one of my least favorite books in the Chronicles of Narnia. I'm not quite sure why but I just find it so boring.
It follows Bree and Chasta (is that how it's spelled? I'm too lazy to look it up) and them escaping into Narnia. It's a story I honestly wasn't that invested in.
It introduced one of the bigger issues in this series though. I want to note that The Horse and His Boy was originally written and published in the 1950's so I understand that this was written when the racial culture was completely different.
All that said, there is some obvious racism going on here that I will cover more in my review of The Last Battle but to put it simply, the villains are dark-skinned and dark-haired. The hereos are light-skinned and blonde. See the problem here?
Overall, this book definitely isn't a highlight of the series, it's decent. As it isn't needed to understand the overall story, I would say that you can read it if you really want to but it isn't necessary.
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