Author: Sela O.

Book Title: The Magician’s Nephew

Author: C.S. Lewis

Book Saga: The Chronicles of Narnia

(Chronological Order) #2

Genres: Fantasy. Classics. Children. Young Adult (Maybe). Fiction.

Book Description: At first, no one believes Lucy when she tells of her adventures in the land of Narnia. But soon Edmund, and Peter and Susan discover the Magic and meet Aslan, too, the Great Lion. Then their lives are changed forever.

Hello, dearies!

I started reading The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe in July 2025, and finished in December. Now, under other circumstances, I would have said a number of things that led me to take that long in reading a short book, because it is shorter than others. But the truth is, I kept putting it off, picking it and reading about 4% before leaving it for weeks.

My point is, it took me a while, and it was not a happy towards the end, like: wow, I’m so glad I read it at last. It was more like: Finally, I finished and can move on to the others. In any case, here’s how it went.

The Book and Me

Yes, you know I don’t do reviews on books that I don’t recommend, or liked to some extent, and I am not saying I didn’t like the story entirely, or that it held so much of the same things as the movie, which I have watched countless times. But, I just didn’t feel like it was up to the hype that it had before, or still has now.

And when it was time to put stars in it? I felt the societal pressure, of why are you not putting 4 or 5 in it, seriously, I thought of 4, but I gave it 3 because that’s simply how it felt #sorrynotsorry.

It was entirely by minimal things for The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. Unlike The Magician’s Nephew, which I was more into, and more intrigued by. But this book had good moments, and others that dragged, and the way it is narrated also bugged me a little, but I have been making my peace with it. Anyway, I did like it, but perhaps I was looking for more depth to it, and found a different style than I expected and not much of the deepness in the characters.

Book vs Movie

I suppose that the two things that I do remember that are missing from the movie, were not that important for the director and screenwriters, that is, Lucy and Susan going with Aslan to the Witch, I mean they were accompanying him and following him through the night, and how he allowed it. And then, how they went with Aslan to the Witch’s home to revive everyone.

But overall, I suppose it was a generally good adaptation, although while reading it, I did feel like there was a bit more magic and sinister tone to the book than the movie, if you ask me, but maybe that’s just me. It didn’t feel all that open, light, fantastical, but more, wow, this creepy stuff is happening in Narnia, an evil witch controls everything, and a bunch of teenagers and a kid will stop her.

It is a fantasy, “children’s” book, I know.

Anyway, that’s all I have on this book, I am reading the next one, The Horse and His Boy, as I am reading in chronological order. And I am more interested in it, even if I am also a bit slow to finish. Expect that review soon, dearies.

Thank you for sticking to the end, and don’t forget to check out the other reviews here on the blog. And also, if you have read this book, let me know in the comments.