The Last Battle (Narnia)

I had fond memories of the Narnia books from my childhood, and so it seemed only natural to pick the series for bed time reading with my eight year old daughter. And indeed the first six books of the series have generally held up pretty well (with The Voyage of the Dawn Treader and The Silver Chair being the strongest entries, or so I felt this time around). This last book, though,...more

I had fond memories of the Narnia books from my childhood, and so it seemed only natural to pick the series for bed time reading with my eight year old daughter. And indeed the first six books of the series have generally held up pretty well (with The Voyage of the Dawn Treader and The Silver Chair being the strongest entries, or so I felt this time around). This last book, though, left me very disappointed. The Christian symbolism is clumsy and blatant, and it's a dark, dreary, colonialism-tinged brand of Christianity lacking humor and love. When all was said and done, I couldn't find a single thing about this book to like.   hide

Hey, you've gotta love the grand finale to the Narnia series, highly recommended (after you've read the other 6, of course).

It's just really cool!

Read the Chinese version