The Horse and His Boy (Narnia)

This, the third of the Chronicles of Narnia, is a fun adventure, with children fleeing on talking horses from a pseudo-middle Eastern society into a vaguely medieval European one. Aslan the Lion as God seems a little weird though not strictly Christian. The Eurocentric sense of superiority felt dated. Odd how Lewis wrote them and had them published in a different order than the way they are now...more

This, the third of the Chronicles of Narnia, is a fun adventure, with children fleeing on talking horses from a pseudo-middle Eastern society into a vaguely medieval European one. Aslan the Lion as God seems a little weird though not strictly Christian. The Eurocentric sense of superiority felt dated. Odd how Lewis wrote them and had them published in a different order than the way they are now read. Interesting how he re-uses the world to set stories with different characters and times. I hope to do the same one day with the world I am working on.   hide

I felt that this one dragged a bit. While the other stories in the chronicles seem to fit together, this felt out of place. It is still the vintage stylings of Lewis, but there's something missing.

First really solidly written book in the Narnia series. This book creates some wonderful imagery and has some sly humor. I really ejoyed this book.

Seemed almost completely unrelated to all other books, but overall it was a good story.