Book Title: Prince Caspian
Author: C.S. Lewis
Book Saga: The Chronicles of Narnia
Genres: Fantasy. Classics. Children. Young Adult (Maybe). Fiction.
Book Description:
Narnia . . . a realm where animals converse . . . where trees stride with purpose … where a decisive battle looms on the horizon. A prince, resolute in reclaiming his rightful throne, assembles a formidable army to vanquish the false king plaguing his land. Ultimately, it will be a clash of honor between two men that will determine the fate of an entire world.
Hello, dearies! Welcome to another Narnia review!
As you might know I am reading the Narnia books, Prince Caspian, book 4 in the Series (Chronological order) was the one I had been expecting to read the most, probably because of the movie, probably because it seemed like that interesting shift into a different Narnia.
Oh, spoilers alert btw, so if you don’t know about the story or haven’t watched the movies, be warned there will be spoilers.
So, I wanted to read Prince Caspian since I started with The Magician’s Nephew, but by the time I finished reading this book, I literally said: come on!
Let me tell you what happened.
While Reading Prince Caspian
So Narnia, as I had suspected from the movie, had become like Earth? After the 4 siblings left, that world started to drift off and eventually the magical creatures and the magic of the place, sort of started to fade; then came an invasion and that truly changed things over the course of only Aslan knows how long because there was not actually any specific number of how many years passed.
In any case, we spent more times retelling stories of Caspian, not that many, and the Pevensies being there than anything else, and eventually I realised all of this and started skimming over some parts.
Finishing Reading Prince Caspian
Me: come on, you serious?
Finishing reading the book and realising that they barely interacted, Caspian and the Kings and Queens of old, that was my initial thought, and then all of these realisations came to me:
- That most of the book was spent on them trying to reach Caspian.
- That Caspian was out of the castle early on, then was in the woods, then blew Susan’s horn, though we didn’t exactly saw when.
- And then we were in the ruins of Cair Paravel. Then a quick battle after a quick one-on-one face off between Peter and Miraz.. And then out of there.
Just when the story got good it was over. Just as we found out that the Telmarines were not even from Telmar but from Earth, right there, they were sent back to Earth along with the others (which I already knew from the movies, that they would go back).
But, I don’t know, there was no final, no real depth to the story, and I liked it generally more than the other books. I wanted to know more since it is Prince Caspian, and to find that he became King Caspian rather quickly was truly not that climactic, what’s the point of the book being called Prince Caspian?
Plus, I think the book and movie have 20% in common, just a side note.
Prince Caspian’s Characters
I need to name the characters on this one, because it is not only Caspian or the Pevensies (Peter, Edmund, Susan, Lucy). Aslan. Reepicheep. Trumpkin. Miraz. Trufflehunter. And a bunch of others that are in little bursts but not really staying on scene enough for you to form a connection with them.
Prince Caspian Overview
No spoilers on this side of the review. 🙂
Now, yes, I read slowly, again, for some reason I am interested in reading the Narnia books but on the other end I can barely get through a chapter before my drift off and I don’t pick it up for a few days or weeks. I am trying not to let that happen with The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, like I want to get through the rest of the books as fast as I am almost certain I will not enjoy them as much, the characters’ stories are shifting slightly.
But in any case, I say I liked it because I was interested, but in truth, we were just going around Narnia, seeing how it had changed in all those years, and we got to the part where it could be much more action-packed, it was over. Being honest, at this point, I only recommend The Chronicles of Narnia if you like short, youngish fantasy, and not much meat to it.
So far, I like The Magician’s Nephew more than the rest of the books.
I’m done, dearies! I know this one was a bit of a rant rather than rambling, but that will give you an idea of how I felt after reading the book. How about you? Did you read the Narnia books long ago, or are you starting them out? Let me know in the comments; it’s always nice to read your POVs.
If You’d Like to Read Narnia too
- Prince Caspian – Kindle Edition (the one I read)
- Prince Caspian – Goodreads
- The Chronicles of Narnia Book Set
