Random cat teaches children to fight the evil old lady cuz why not
I was bored of reading really old books that my dad forced me to read, so instead he let me read a still old childrens book. The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe is a book about 4 children going into a wardrobe and arriving in the land of Narnia, where there's talking animals. The animals are facing a crisis of the evil witch declaring winter in Narnia for over 100 years, but the children are prepared to stop her. The four children, Lucy, Edmund, Susan, and Peter, were just on a normal vacation when the lion, Aslan, required their assistance in killing the witch. There is a little bit of a betrayal and a 'sad moment', but it was what I would expect of a children's book.
Firstly, the book itself was a normal length of a children's book (about 160 pages) which made me want to read it even more, since I usually don't finish longer books. Secondly, I like how Aslan is very powerful but is a lion, which shows appreciation to cats, which I like (literally the whole reason why I read this book.) I also like how one character, Edmund, grows throughout the book, going from annoying to a good person in the end. I felt satisfaction when Edmund realized he was really in the wrong about the witch being good, even though she manipulated him by giving his big-back self infinite food. Lastly, when I read the 'sad moment' I actually felt like crying a little, but the sadness got reverted next chapter because it's a children's book. This book might be hard for little children to understand nowadays since it's almost 75-years-old. I would recommend this to a little brother or sister who likes reading, but anyone could read it, as I enjoyed it quite a bit.
Hi Gemma, this sounds like a pretty interesting book! Children's books can definitely hit different sometimes and actually have impactful moments that you wouldn't expect. I might need to recommend this to some of my little cousins whenever I see them.
ReplyDeleteI remember reading this book also when I was very little. I didn't remember anything besides the wardrobe, before reading this post. Also it's interesting that there are four main characters, since from my experience there are normally no more than three.
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