Book 5 of 7 in the Narnia Series
Written by: C.S. Lewis
Number of pages: 248
Number of stars I'm giving it: 3.5
I needed to finish this book by Saturday because we are going to see the movie made after it this weekend. The other books in the series have only taken my a couple of days to finish because I have liked them so much. This book took me almost 2 weeks. It wasn't a bad book, but it was very hard to get into. Actually I think that for once the movie might be better than the book. My biggest issue with this book is that everything just seemed disconnected. All of the things that happened were interesting, but problems got resolved quickly and characters moved on quickly. I would have liked more depth in a lot of places. The ending also seemed rushed and I didn't care for it much. There was no pull between good and evil, very few hard decisions for the characters to grow from. I do think that kids would find this book entertaining, and while I didn't hate it, it's probably not one I will be reading again for myself.
As a side note we went and watched the movie today. I really enjoyed it. They changed the book up a little, and it makes me wonder if I judged the book a little too harshly!
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