Written by: C.S. Lewis
Number 4 of 7 in the Narnia Series
Number of pages: 223
Number of stars I'm giving: 4
The thing that strikes me in the books as compared to the movies is that the children are much more mature, kind, and loving with each other in the books. They make the hard choices, and with the exception of Susan they do the hard things happily. Susan, who makes me crazy in the movies, continues to annoy in the books. I worry that I may be a little like Susan when the going gets rough, I will have to try harder to be more optimistic in hard times!
Prince Caspian the book is much different than the movie. While the movie strayed from the book, I think they made mostly wise choices in when to stray in order to keep up the pace in the movie. There were 2 areas in particular where I wished they woud have stayed true to the book. First, Alsan was in the book alot towards the end - much more than in the movie. Everyone saw Aslan in the book. Also I wished they hadn't put the romance in between Prince Caspian and Susan. There was nothing even eluding to this in the book, and it puts pressure for children to grow up too fast and become romantically involved. In the books, though the children are brave, they still retain their childlike qualities and innosence.
A very entertaining story. I am getting a little sad, becasue now I am over the "hump" in the series. Only 3 more books to go. They will be finished before I am ready for them to be!
