The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

A book from my childhood. A beautiful story about the fight between good and evil, where good always wins. Beautiful book. I read it when I was a little girl. I was enchanted by this magical land. I imagined that the land of Narnia was in my grandmother's closet. I never moved there, but the dreams remained. I like all the book characters. The book expanded my imagination and the world of dreams. The land of Narnia makes you want to be there, and stay there forever. I recommend the book not only to children.

It's amazing to me how a story I remember as being so vivid and complex is actually very compact. This may be the beauty of C.S. Lewis, how he sparks the imagination to fill in a lot of the story, or it may just be the memories from childhood as well as the movies making me think this book is more epic than it was as an adult. Still a great one, with a lot to take away – just not as engrossing as I remember.

4/5

This was an extremely fun read. It feels like I've just jumped into Narnia with Susan, Lucy, Edmund and Peter. It feels very nostalgic, though this is my first read. There's a cosy, homely feeling to it, and I really adore this book! I was quite sad when Aslan supposedly died, but he came back to life. Typical of him.

6.5/10

This book is a bit too fast paced for me. I feel like I should have a better understanding/relationship to the characters than I have time to develop. Would love some more dialogue to flesh out the four kids.

Additionally, the Christianity doesn't do it for me. I have no problem referring to the children as sons/daughters of Adam/Eve. However, when Aslan sacrifices himself for Edmunds sins and is reborn, it just feel unoriginal. I can understand that C. S. Lewis wanted to tell that story to his daughter and added his own twist though.

As of now this book is not a re-read for me. I will have to finish the series to see if it gets better. However, I think this is a book I can read for my children (when I have some).

Side note: I feel like if you like The Hobbit better than LOTR, this might be for you.

This was a re-read of a classic. Simple and joyful. The rest of the series awaits!

Growing up culturally insulated to the wonders of the world, I missed this tale and many other giants of literature.

I now understand where so many fantasy references and tropes originated. It was a pleasant read featuring delightful prose.

I did raise my eyebrow a few times, especially during the constant association of physiological characteristics to the quality of character. However, I expected this considering the socio-cultural context. I did take slight umbrage at those notions, but after all, most of those tropes are still prevalent today.

All and all, it is a book I highly recommend anybody interested in fantasy to read The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe. Even if you don't like it, this book will significantly deepen your understanding of the genre.

Ugh, that Edmund kid
I hope Narnia has sharks
eat the little twerp.

Nice cosy story, I liked it just fine.
It had many fairytale-like elements and cute characters, which i really really liked.
The ending was rather quick and underwhelming.
I will continue with the series though. i'm curious as to what else this world has to offer.

I love the Pevensies, yep. Peter was my first bookish crush and after all those years I still love that boy with every fiber in my body.

I really enjoy Lewis' writing style :). Very descriptive and fun.
The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe remains one of my favourite instalments in this series. I love the characters. I mean look at misses beaver, she's hilarious (and so brave). Bless her little soul ❤️.

I'm a happy bean now. Can't wait for the next part ^^

It is just as good as I remember from reading it in grade school.

I read this in December 2021 for the zillionth time to join in Calmgrove's Narniathon (one book per month, in publication order). Thoughts to be posted on my blog shortly.

Loved this book as a kiddo, loved reading it with my kiddo. Can't wait to continue on in the series.

This is amazing!

I read this book numerous times as a child. A wonderful adventure about four siblings going through a big cupboard to a magical world of talking animals, Father Christmas, rides on the back of lions and exciting adventure, I loved it.

As an adult who has actually studied Theology, I have to say that it is true that there's some pretty heavy religious symbolism there... but to be frank all that stuff has soared gloriously over the heads of generations of children who were too busy getting excited about talking beavers and sleigh rides, as well as wondering exactly what that Turkish Delight tasted like.

This is a great book that I loved as a child, and have now loved all over again as a bigger child (who is technically an adult...on the outside).

I'm so glad I read the Magician's Nephew before this story as I think it works so much better knowing the background of the witch and the wardrobe before reading it. I kept thinking about the movie when I was reading it and picturing those characters in my head as I was reading the book.

Children's book. I lowered my expectations, forced my way to the end. It is very short at least.

No deep plot or characters, a very basic and simple tale.

I've always wanted to read this book. And now that I have... I'm glad I never have to read it again. It was fine... but dear lord it was just a thinly veiled retelling of the New Testament

4,5* Great, fun and full of imagination!

I decided to pick up the Chronicles of Narnia in a beautiful illustrated edition, which inspired a re-read to complete the series. I'd definitely read a couple of the stories, but I'm not sure I ever finished it.

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe was a solid story, but while it's enjoyable I didn't find it to be particularly memorable. I think that's probably due to how familiar I find this story; it's so famous and I liked the adaptions so much that the book really couldn't have held up. I'm looking forward to seeing how the other books that I don't know much about stack up.

Dulu udh nonton filmnya, baru nemu bukunya komplit skrg. Narnia ini salah 1 masterpiece di genre fantasy. Detil buku & film konsisten. 3 stars untuk negeri ajaib Narnia.

Narnia, dont on m'avait dit beaucoup de bien, m'ont déçu. Par leur ton moralisateur, leur morale chrétienne omni-présente, et la fadeur de certains personnages (Susan, Lucy, voire Peter, je parle de vous). Seul le personnage d'Edmund sauve ce roman.

Follow Susan, Peter, Edmund and Lucy as they travel into the land of Narnia, and join with Aslan to fight against the Wicked Witch.

While they begin their journey, they are betrayed by Edmund, who only has thoughts of the treats and honors that the witch promised him if he would bring his siblings to her home. But as they learn more about Narnia and the prophesy which told of their coming, they are unsure as to what they will find. As they meet with Aslan and finally get their brother back, there is more brewing than just the witch not getting her way.

Will the four siblings be able to fulfill the prophesy and save the land of Narnia, or will it forever remain under the witch's spell?

What a great read! I loved this book and the many adventures that they went on, as well as the professor who believed every bit of their story. This is a great read for kids!

I reread this book with my nephew, which was a fun experience all around. He loved it and I got to go on a nostalgic trip. I absolutely adored this book and this series as a child, but I haven't reread them since until now.
I definitely saw more of the flaws this time. It feels like a first novel in a lot of ways, and the plot overshadows the characters. Sometimes that may not be a flaw, but personally, I lean toward character driven books more than plot driven books.
There were also some lines that were rather sexist, which interestingly doesn't show up in the later books I've reread. The female characters greatly improve after this book.
Still, all that in mind, it was a wonderful children's novel and such a beautiful world of fiction.

It had kind of a slow start to me but it picked up pretty quickly and then it was fast paced from there. Some parts of the story just seemed a little unnecessary to and during those parts of the story I just found myself trying to get through them as fast a I could. That being said I was really drawn in to this book and found myself feeling sad at certain parts. I really enjoyed reading this even though I is geared toward children and I am looking forward to continuing on in the series.