Another fine entry in the series, somewhat spoiled for me by too much presence of Aslan. Really, the religious allegory personified by Aslan goes to the detriment of the story being told. And the story, at least until the appearance of the Great Lion, was quite good.

In the end, we get to see the origin of the magical land of Narnia, and it connects nicely with the other books in the series. An enjoyable read. ( )

This passage makes me tear up every time I read it.

Up till then he had been looking at the Lion's great feet and the huge claws on them; now, in his despair, he looked up at its face. What he saw surprised him as much as anything in his whole life. For the tawny face was bent down near his own and (wonder of wonders) great shining tears stood in the Lion's eyes. They were such big, bright tears compared with Digory's own that for a moment he felt as if the Lion must really be sorrier about his Mother than he was himself.
"My son, my son," said Aslan. "I know. Grief is great. Only you and I in this land know that yet. Let us be good to one another.

Which ever Narnia book I read most recently always becomes my favourite. The suspense while the characters are in Charn is incredible, I felt like I held my breath through the whole section! ( )

Narnia HAS to be my favourite series of books ever. I love reading them with all my heart, the style, the adventure, the feel of being within the story yourself, is not only a read you'll never forget, but an experience too. Amazing. ( )

[Reading in chronological order, #1]
Can’t believe I never ready all the Narnia books growing up. We had The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe but none of the others. This is exactly the type of story I would’ve adored back then. Still quaint, and silly of course.

Kenneth Branagh narrated this in audio and performed it splendidly. ( )

The prequel origin story of Narnia as told through the point of view of what I can only assume is the aforementioned Professor from the first book. A lot more visually interesting than some of the previous entries, with little of the buffoonish fantasy characters, so I quite enjoyed it. I can’t imagine I’d care even half as much, however, had I read it in the publisher’s order. The whole curiosity of the lamppost is more intriguing in retrospect to me than if it was explained prior to Lion, Witch, and Wardrobe. The text even refers (albeit vaguely) to the past five books, so there is a sense of creative development from one to the next that wouldn’t connect if I jumped around chronologically. ( )