Review by lalalily17 - The Horse and His Boy

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lalalily17 's review for:

The Horse and His Boy by C.S. Lewis

2.0

adventurous medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

I used to love this book but now I see it is really racist. The main character, Shasta, is a white slave in a land of black people who are described as horrible, cruel, and greedy. He only finds happiness when he goes back the land full of white people. I was cringing through most of it. Also, I couldn't stand the myogenetic descriptions of all the female characters. I realize this book was written by a white man in the 1950's, but man, it doesn't whole up well now.

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