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Summary: The inseparable part,The Last Battle
Review: The Last Battle is the only book that has such a mix of feelings-love,hope,dissapointment,treachery,unfairness,glory,happiness.This is the book that deserves most careful consideration while reading-to understand it's characters,the logic chain of happenings,the place where one of them takes place.When a reader understans all that in The Last Battle his reading is heavenly and after that everything opens to him-Lewis' concept of Christianity in true light,which is a difficult thing because it arrises so many squabbles and questions. But what is The Last Battle?The answer hides in the tile itself.The Last Battle,the end,the begining,the victory-this is The Last Battle,the last book of The Chronicles but also the begining not only to characters refering to the book but to Lewis' other books because Chronicles are the start to understand his work. So Last Battle is th inseperable part of Lewis' work and must be read carefully and several times...
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Summary: The Last Battle,the finshing touch and the first start
Review: Most unfortunatly C.S.Lewis made his last book not so easy readable as other books...Certainly it has a splendid ending but the book itslef is very hard to understand and it may even boring to some readers.I highly recommend reading this book carefully despite the lack of exitement.It will come later when reading all the books all over again including The Last Battle.Only then sense and sorrow and curiousity and exitement and other feelings will appear and make the book very enjoyable to read,you almost think it's happening to yourself... For The Last Battle is not only the last book,the last touch to Lewis' concept of Christianity but also the beginning...to the characters and you and your reading.Beacause after having read The Last Battle you see all the characters more vividly and your reading becomes more heavenly than ever.Now only now you begin to understand Lewis' wisdom ,his opinion of our life,our death ,our way of thoughts. All in all The Chronicles are not only to be considered as children's classics but books of much deeper meaning that only some adults even can possibly understand.To access that heavenly world of Narnia and to feel the magic of faith and belief in Truth means to find what we are all living for
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Summary: All Good Things...
Review: I first read--rather, devoured--C.S. Lewis' Chronicles of Narnia when I was eleven, and just now I've had the pleasure of rediscovering them. For all that I've changed, the books remain pretty much as they were: Lewis' writing style is still delicious, Aslan's death and resurrection in _The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe_ are breathtaking, and _The Last Battle_ still lets me down a little. Back then, I remember it as being a bit of a wade in places, and progressively more confusing. Now that I know what Lewis is talking about, I'd say that the problem is his heavy-handedness. His penchant for religious and social criticism, constrained to allegory and charming asides in the other books, hijacks the story. Lewis has tried to make _The Last Battle_ parallel the Book of Revelations, and though he does so with as much accuracy as can be expected in a children's book, I think the story is weaker for it. In addition to this, it runs the risk of alienating readers of other religions. I do realize that Lewis is a Christian writer, but he managed to make this quietly and gently clear in the previous six books. Now, instead of being just a battle between good and evil, this is a battle between Christianity and heresy. Lewis might say there has been no change, but not everyone sees the world along the same lines. The result is an Aslan who--despite his assurance that good work done in another's name is good work done in his own name--is NOT a hero for every child. One more small quibble: this is the only book in the series that I can't picture being able to read first. The others stand alone quite well, I think, but this one depends too much on what has gone before. Come to think of it, though, it's just as well, because who wants to read about the end of a wonderful magical country that you haven't read anything else about? The Chronicles of Narnia are a marvellous series, and I do suppose they had to end somewhere. And this isn't all THAT bad a book. I wouldn't have been nearly so harsh here if the others weren't so much more impressive.
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Summary: The Last Battle
Review: I didn't like The Last Battle as much as the other books in the series. I think it had a good ending, but the rest of the book seemed boring. In the other books it was exciting in almost every part, in this book it felt like nothing was really happening. The other books were fun to read, this one did not interest me at all.
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Summary: Bad Writing
Review: I read the book The Last Battle by C.S. Lewis, and I thought the storyline was good, not very good, but good, but I did not like the way it was written. It was written in 3rd person omniscient, but sometimes he used personal pronouns describing the situation! Not only that, but he put SO many side remarks, (in parentheses), that it became difficult to read the book. And the worst part of the book was the last twenty pages or so! He went on and on about how beautiful it was. I thought the book was ending five times, but no! there was still more to read!
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Summary: A wonderful conclusion!
Review: I think this is the best Narnia book in the whole series because it was never boring and it had a wonderful ending. It is about an ape and a donkey finding a lion's-skin and use it to look like Aslan to have power over the Narnian population. It was not the donkey's fault, though, because the Ape was so convincing that the donkey just kept on going with the plan. It is kind of eerie though the way the book was written to be like the book of Revelation, and I was surprised that Susan isn't one of the Seven Friends of Narnia. She could not possibly just outgrow Narnia and think it was just a silly game she and her siblings used to play. In the story the old Narnia ends and a new, much better Narnia begins. To add, I think it is better for the Harper Collins series of the Narnia books to be read in the order the publishers want them to be, because I followed the old and correct order that other Narnia readers said was the original order, and it mixed the stories up and confused me.
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Summary: A great ending
Review: This book, The Last Battle, was the best in the series of the books. I say this because it had adventure (a lot of it) and if you haven't read this book but you have read the others, I say read it once you get to. One part, a battle, it really scared me. Another part where someone leaves the group, I felt bad the he/she did so. If you are wondering, yes, Aslan will be there and at the last part, it made me all smiles. I would recommend this to anyone at all ages, boy, girl, men, women, anyone.
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Summary: Read This Book!
Review: I thought "The Last Battle," by C.S.Lewis was a great book! It was great how they included "Jewel," the unicorn,in the book.In the book, a false Aslan roams the land. Narnians only hope is that Jill and Eustace will be able to find the true Aslan and restore peace to the land. When you first start the book, it's not very exiting, but as you continue, it's more exiting than you can imagine. I'm glad that C.S.Lewis wrote this great book.
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Summary: The Best of The Chronicles of Narnia!
Review: After starting the eseries I was anxiously awaiting to get up to The Last Battle. Well I finally read it and this tale of Narnia was the most beautiful, intriguing, and most imiganitive of the lot. It all starts in the Lantern Wastes were a wise monkey, Shift has his "slave", Puzzle dress up in a skin of a lion so that Shift can take over narnia in misleading the Nranians that Puzzle is really Aslan. Puzzle being very dumb and stupid goes along with the plan and Shift gets what he wants. He hides Puzzle in a stable bringing him out at night so that no one will discover the lie. Shift meanwhile is getting the Calormenes to come and takeover Narnia by raiding all of the land. King Tirian is tied up by the Calormenes and then Eustace and Jill come and save him and they go to a tower to gather weapons to fight the Calormen. One by one talking beasts are turning over to the good side and are going to fight the Calormene. They finally fight and Shift throws many people into the stable and then... I won't give away the plot as I don't want to ruin your read. Read this book as fast as you can. Whether you read it apart of the series or on its own, The Last Battle is a book that kids and adults alike will not want to miss. You'll never find another book like this in the world. This book is so good it is number 1 on my all time list of favorite books. Read this book. You'll be glad you did! Good Job C.S. Lewis
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Summary: "The Last Battle": Here Here to C.S. Lewis' Conclusion!
Review: I read through the entire Narnia series a long time ago, with the exception of "The Last Battle" - I now see I was missing a large part of the story. Where do I begin? The book goes beyond comprehension, and brings a new light to allegorical fantasy. I think it especially good that C.S. Lewis injected allegory into children's literature, a thing that seems seldom done these days. This story is a delightful layout of the Book of Revelation in Narnian terms, with the final battle (meaning the end of Narnia as we have known it), and the renewal and creation of a brand new world, without pain or suffering: the heaven of Narnia. No family or home should be without these great books. While their influence is obviously Christian, secular sections of society can also enjoy them since the author never talks about God or Christ directly, but uses imaginary creatures and words to replicate them into the world he created. With wonderful pros C.S. Lewis has communicated his feelings perfectly to the reader, both Christian and non. Overall I would definitely rate "The Last Battle" as one of the best in the Narnia series. It still amazes me that these books are 50 years old and so timeless - here, here to C.S. Lewis!
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