Started: May 26
Finished: May 30
Notes: I'm reading the Narnia books and this one is next in my lineup. It's also one of the few Narnia books which I've not read before now. My understanding is that this is the tale of how Aslan created Narnia, so hopefully it'll be interesting.
Mini review: This turned out to be one of my least favorite of these books. I've found Lewis to be one of the strongest Christian apologists, but I feel his creation myth here was fairly weak, as was the overall plot. I suppose part of my feelings about this are the fact the reader knows everything is going to turn out all right, that there's no real threat to the characters. Lewis was creating not only a mythology and something of a metaphorical tale for Christianity, but also a fairy tale, so I supposed he can be forgiven for what I consider weak storytelling here.
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