so-soSo far I liked this one the most, it felt like it took a page out of Tolkien's Hobbit. There was a grand-scale adventure with an end goal in mind and the adventure felt natural rather than “we have to do this because the plot demands it“. This would have been a solid 4-star hands down, except for the sexism that came out of left field at the moment.
“The school was bad because a woman was in charge, by the way“ isn't exactly a gotcha.
so-soAside from the blatant racism and an array of problematic things, this was a neat little story. The horses were so sassy and proud, and it was a bit amusing.
I think an unintentionally funny sentence was “And then they get married but not to each other“ and Lewis made it sound like Cor and Aravis got married only to quarrel more easily with each other. not gonna lie both got a snort out of me.
I just started this and boy oh boy has this aged poorly...
so-soI told myself I would never read these books, but here I am. The story was simple and to the point. While there is nothing wrong with Christian values, this book feels like it wants you to blindly follow and trust in those values, without questioning, and that's where the problem stems from.
pickThis was a really good book but I felt like besides the end, it didn‘t play into the Narnia landscape as much as the others. I really wish they wouldn‘t have canceled the movie cause it would have been so fun to watch!! Onto the last book in the series!
so-soThis book was good but definitely not the best in the series. It made me think of The little prince. Excited to be moving on to the next book in the series :)
pickI got the whole Chronicles of Narnia series on audible and it started with this one. So fun to hear about how Narnia was created 🥰 This was a fun book! 🦁
I'm not sure how to feel about Lewis basing the character on his Gardner and giving him all these negative traits. (not that a character shouldn't have flaws, but his treatment in the book is a bit unkind) 1w