The Magician's Nephew - C.S. Lewis > Reviews

Advantages: An excellent background, written with immense skill
Disadvantages: Only a minor criticism, but characterisation isn't terribly thorough

*In the right place, eventually ...* We often resolve to read a book, or a series, and spend years and years doing anything but, except occasionally recalling the promise and re-etching the mental note. In my case, the seven books in question are those which form The Chronicles of Narnia, C.S.Lewis' legendary series centred on the mythical land of the title. It probably shouldn't have taken the recent film of the second book* to finally push ... Read review

Advantages: Great read for younger children
Disadvantages: Very Narative

...felt that it really described the land of Narnia very good, what I really don't understand is why film companies do not bother converting this book into a film, it's worth putting up, because although the Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe is most commonly known, lots of people asks how did Narnia become Narnia? And why is there a witch in Narnia? Why is there a Lamppost there? And why is it a wardrobe that brings them to the wardrobe? I personally ... Read review

Advantages: great to read
Disadvantages: none

I had never heard of The Magicians Nephew before christmas when i got bought the book. I know this may sound silly but i didnt even know there were 7 parts i thought it was just The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe. Getting back to the point The Magicians Nephew is the first of the 7 parts so i decided to read it and to say the least i could not put it down. I finally started to understand how Narnia began. If i put the storey in my own words i ... Read review

Advantages: It tells fact in a simple and fascinating way
Disadvantages: Almost for child

...little childish, above all in the writing style. Well, that is the real book target. It is the prequel of The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, also if C. S. Lewis wrote it after that. Here we find out what really Narnia is, how did it born and how the wardrobe could link our world with it. Plot: The story takes set in London, when Sherlock Holmes still lived in Baker Street. The main characters of this story are Polly Plummer and Digory, ... Read review

Advantages: Short, Great introduction to the rest of the series, humourous
Disadvantages: None

...provides a great introduction about the origins of Narnia. Learn why Aslan is so feared yet respected. Find out how the white witch came to be in exisence. Discover why certain animals were given voices. Little Digory is the first character whose adventures in Narnia are documented and it is in this book that we discover how it came to be that four children named Peter, Susan, Edmund and Lucy were able to make the trip to Narnia after Digory's ... Read review