I enjoyed this as an adult much much more than I did as a kid. It feels a bit heavy handed, but aside from that, it was great! There's more of a sense of wonder than I remember and it moves super quickly. The narration was surprisingly funny in places too. I may actually give the other books in the series a shot!

I enjoyed this one and much as the first. Again, it's a bit more "tell" and not "show," and it's a bit heavy handed in places. It's also definitely dated - I didn't love that Peter and Edmund got to do cool battle things, while Lucy and Susan just were off on the sidelines - but it's a fun little story!

"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!

This one was fun. I liked following Eustace and Jill and Puddleglum, even if some of the actions they take are infuriating. Eustace has grown since the last book, and Jill here is a more developed character than Lucy and Susan were in previous books - she is active and adventurous but also reacts like a real person who gets tired and impatient. And I like Puddleglum's pessimism, though he has heart when needed. We get to see more of the world, and it's darker than previous books (figuratively and literally!). I liked the danger of the feast, and the scenes with the witch were interesting too.

This was one fun. I liked the different setting, and it was nice to catch glimpses of the Pevensies again. But there were just so many things I side-eyed in this one.... I get that it was a different time, but the portrayal of the Calormen wasn't great.

I tried to like this one, but it's just so heavy handed, and I really didn't need to know how Narnia came into existence. It was more fun to imagine things about the world than to find out how/why it came into being.

I really didn't care for this one. It did not age well! I mean the enemies are literally the "darkies" run by an ape - yikes! And the "heroes" disguised themselves in blackface or brownface - double yikes! I was also personally affronted at the treatment of Susan. Susan is "no longer a friend of Narnia" because she likes "nylons and lipsticks." Nevermind that she was a heroic queen - she likes silly things like makeup, so she shouldn't get invited on any adventures! And I guess Susan gets what she deserves, what with losing her entire family in a train crash! That's seriously how this series ends - a bunch of dead kids in a train accident?? And they all just cheer over being dead, I guess! Also, what kind of message is that - seems like the book is saying I should go jump in front of a train myself right now so I can go run around Narnia! There was always a bunch of heavy-handed stuff, but this was too much. There was also no grand adventure here. It was called "The Last Battle" and there was barely a battle! The whole book was also just kind of uninspired and honestly kind of makes me regret reading all of them. I should have just left these in the past!