The Last Battle (Chronicles of Narnia)
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Just gets better and better
Review date: 2008-12-08 Rating: 10 out of 10
One of my all-time favourites. I can't think of any other book that has so totally captured all my imagination and emotions like this one; Lewis' writing just sweeps me to higher and higher places with each chapter. The parallels with Biblical teaching about heaven become clearer and clearer as I grow older. Wonderful stuff!
Reviews
How could he?
Review date: 2008-08-20 Rating: 2 out of 10
Let me suppose that you have read no Narnia books at all and are thinking whether to read them yourself or give them to a child - then I'll say that I cannot recommend them more but read them in order and after you have finished the Silver Chair go back and reread your favourites because if you are like me this book will entirely spoil your enjoyment of Narnia. I won't say any more to you because I hate spoilers.
But if you have read this book read on for my opinion on it. (I apologies for any inaccuracies as I have only read it once and refuse to even open it again)
How could he? He creates a wonderful world and makes it feel real and you care about the characters and then he tells you "Oh this is just a shadow world, which is merely a pale imitation of the real one" so why did we bother reading the rest of the books? It wasn't even real.
I understand about the Christian allegory and I think it works well in the other books; you can either ignore it or have fun spotting it but this! it felt like the allegory was the whole point of the thing, he was practically preaching to me and slyly too, I can handle preaching when it is up front and obvious I can even respect it although I do not like it. Why did he not just write a children's bible or something?
Before I finish I just want to say that this is the opinion of a child, the disillusionment of a child, which has fermented in a corner of my brain since then, and also that this one star review is perhaps a higher commendation to the other books than enthusiastic five star reviews would be as it was because of my love for those that I hated this so much.
One thing that I think is inexcusable though is Susan - she gets into makeup etc. and so she gets denied paradise? That does not feel like good Christianity to me.
A fitting end
Review date: 2008-07-20 Rating: 8 out of 10
I thought that this book was a very fitting end to the chronicles. I wouldn't exactly say it was as much of a kids book as the others. There was a few pages that I had to read twice to make sure I knew what was going on as bits of it are quite jumpy but all in all I like the ending. I think the series was very powerful and a lot of authors fumble endings to single novels and less powerful series's so I think Mr Lewis done not too bad at all. In fact. I can't really think of a better way it could have ended. The only reason I'm not giving it 5 stars is that I felt The Magicians Nephew was a better book so this needed less stars than that. Other wise I'd give it 4 and a half if I could
The Last Battle
Review date: 2008-04-15 Rating: 8 out of 10
This final book in the Chronicles of Narnia series thankfully returns to the early splendour of "The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe". After "The Silver Chair", which seemed a little flat compared to other books in the series, "The Final Battle" restores some of the magic that made the first few novels so enjoyable and successful.
Lewis does well in beginning the novel from the point of view of the Narnians, specifically the last King of Narnia, instead of the from the childrens' perspective. We begin to see a particularly brave story develop from who is essentially a Christian author: A false Aslan has begun corrupting Narnia from within, who eventually comes under the thrall of the vicious realm adjacent to Narnia. Considering the powerful although admittedly insipid themes that Lewis is fond of, it seems a brave move to take his allegory so far. As a child the danger must read very real, and as an adult it is interesting to see the mythology of Lewis' realm with his potentially fully drawn.
Cracking characters and a smooth, compelling storyline make this one of the best of the series, as good as "The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe" and a fantastic, thrilling and emotional end to the book series.
8.5/10
What a shame
Review date: 2008-01-05 Rating: 4 out of 10
Having read all of the books except this one, i had very high expectations for it after falling in love with each book in it's own way. I really enjoyed the story till the very end which completely ruined the whole book, he could of ended the series in so many good ways but choose the worst ending possible leaving Susan all alone-HARSH!
Product Details/Specifications
Authors:
C. S. Lewis
Creators:
Cliff Nielsen (Editor)
Pauline Baynes (Illustrator)
Recording label: Collins
Manufacturer: Collins
EAN: 9780007115549
Binding: Paperback
ISBN: 0007115547
Number of pages: 172
Publication date: 2001-05-08
Language: English (Original Language)
Language: English (Unknown)
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