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Summary: Sexist..
Review: This is a truly magical and wonderfully written, and I should realize that this book would be perfectly acceptable in the time it was written, but should a book of this kind be allowed to influence the world's youth? This book is extremely sexist.
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Summary: This is not Christian
Review: The best book of the series is the "The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe".Some of the more worrying aspects of this series are the depictions of all White Europeans as basically good upright people in tune with nature and animals. Dark skinned people worship a false-gods filthy, evil and destroying nature etc. Don't believe me read "Horse and his Boy" and the "Last Battle" and see how any non white people are depicted, this is a disgrace. ... I'm not sure if the "rights sort" of Christian message is being projected....
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Summary: Absolutely essential reading for kids & adults!
Review: This series is delightful and inspiring and worth reading many times again and again in one lifetime!
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Summary: best book ever!
Review: This book is exciting, fun and most certainly magical! I could't stop reading this book! When I went out to recess at my school, instead of hanging with my friends, I read the book! At lunch, after school.. I couldn't get away from it! This book is about two kids(a boy and a girl). The boys uncle is working on something in his labratory but the boy ( I won't mention names I'm very secretive about giving book secrets away!) isn't suposed to go up there. One day, the boy and the girl find a secret pathway in the girls attic. They (like any other daring kid would) followed the path witch was on the roof, and......Well,I don't want to re-tell the whole story so...You have to go out and find out what happens next!
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Summary: A magical fantasy series..
Review: You don't need to be religious to appreciate the magic and wonder that is Narnia. The religious symbolism is, at times, a distraction from the excellent storytelling (we are occasionally beaten bloody with the Aslan-as-Jesus bit), but overall, the stories are well-written and bear the mark of a master's hand. Taken on their own, the novels are as easy to approach and enjoy as the "Wrinkle in Time" and "Lord of the Rings" series, though written for a younger age group. The novels do not occur chronologically, but the general story involves Aslan creating Narnia, which is then taken over by a witch from another world. Aslan's power brings 4 Earth children to Narnia to liberate it from the witch, after which Adventures Occur. The children return to Earth and then make periodic trips to Narnia, along with other Earth children on occasion. Eventually there is a huge war and Aslan destroys Narnia and recreates it as paradise. As I said, there's definite religious overtones here, but don't let that stop you from trying the series if you haven't already. Don't even let being a grown-up stop you from enjoying it -- I re-read the whole series about once a year. It is beautifully written and worth the effort -- one of those cultural tapestry things that everybody just ought to have read.
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Summary: Simple but enchanting, even for adults
Review: The Chronicles of Narnia series consists of seven short books with relatively simple plotlines and settings. The boxed set available today unfortunately puts them in chronological order, not in the order Lewis wrote them. This actually doesn't work too well because Lewis sometimes mentions things that happen in books that he wrote earlier but that in the boxed set appear later. Therefore I recommend that you read them in the order they were written. The most famous of these seven books is undoubtedly the first one: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe. It's the only one I read in middle school and it took me fifteen years to get around to reading the rest of the series. I just finished book 7 last week and it was a most enjoyable journey! All seven books are good, but some are better than others (according to your tastes). My personal favorites are The Silver Chair and The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe. I thought Dawn Treader (book 3) was fantastic as well. The Last Battle (book 7) made a decent conclusion to the series but wasn't as climactic as I was hoping. The perfect age to read these books is probably somewhere between 9 and 13. At that age, one really gets swept up in the world of Narnia and gets a lasting impression on the imagination. As an adult, I found the books fun to read but not as intoxicating as I remember Book 1 being in middle school. I really want to get back to some more difficult stuff!! If you're not familiar with Narnia, here's a short description: Narnia is a small nation in a parallel universe and can only be visited through the use of magic. Although other countries border Narnia, Narnia is special because it's watched over by a God-like lion named Aslan. Plus, Narnia contains numerous talking animals! Generally, from our world only children can enter Narnia because most grownups have lost their power of imagination. The seven books describe various evils that visit Narnia and the adventures of the heroes (including a cast of a few children from our world) who come to the Narnians' aid. The plot is usually simple good vs. evil with little question on which side the major characters stand. Lewis' descriptions of the setting and situations are outstanding and often humorous. Of course we all know who's going to win in the end of each book but it's fun to see how it comes about. Highly recommended!
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Summary: Great reading, esp. for younger folks
Review: I first read these in elementary school, and I've reread them this past year, after graduating from college, and they still grab me. These books are fantastic reading - not too heavy, and yet so profound. They're also great for reading with/to younger folks. My parents read it to me for my bedtime stories for a while. I can see this working in elementary classrooms. they're a bit easier than Tolkien's Fellowship of the Ring, but they're just good to read.
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Summary: The Cronicles of Narnia By C S Lewis
Review: When i first got to read one of his books (The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe) i knew that by the end of the book that i wanted to read the other 6 books. C S Lewis is one of the best authors that i have read. I know when i first sall the book it was for people from ages 9-12 but it's even for people older then that... me being 15... Any ways i Luved the stories on Narnia and I hope others will to!
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Summary: A great set of fantasy/adventure books for all ages.
Review: A great series of books that will be enjoyed by anyone of any age. Writing does not get any better than this. As others have said though, read the books in the order the Lewis wrote them, not in the order that they are presented in the boxset.
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Summary: A Must Own!
Review: These are some of the best books ever written! I love them! Its a book for all ages... young and old! They are very creative, and just overall GREAT books!
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