"There was a boy called Eustace Clarence Scrubb, and he almost deserved it." - what a great opening line! I liked parts of this one, but then there's also some sexism and the weird subplot with the slave market. Eustace was a fun character to follow and was the best part of the book! But I missed the older siblings. The plot for this one was also lacking - it seemed more like just a series of unconnected adventures than the previous ones. At least it had dragons!