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Take Me Back to Narnia Y’all (Bingo – I Wish)

Prince Caspian by C.S. Lewis

July 19, 2020 by ardaigle 1 Comment

My 11 year old is just getting into the Chronicles of Narnia and I’m nudging him on the journey by doing a simultaneous reread of what for me was a childhood favorite. I am sure I haven’t read them since I was his age, so it’s an interesting time traveling exercise to be reading them now, as an adult. I remember them feeling formidable, foreign even, rich in both action and description, wherein I have to actively try to slow myself down in order to not accidentally skim across this little book to quickly, missing both the forest and the trees. This is my I Wish pick for a number of reasons.

Who doesn’t want to, during this eye-twitching pandemic, be somewhere, anywhere else? So first of all, brava for this bingo square. This is a double dipper for me because I long both for that age of innocence and the ability to run through a wardrobe and be whisked away to Narnia, where I could befriend Lion Jesus and wage battles with my siblings and remember our victories long since past. Because human/animal class warfare sounds like a nice respite from all this (gestures widely).

In this book, the Pevensie children are back in Narnia, but as time passes different in this reality they have become myths and man is now in charge, banishing and shunning all of the fanciful and fantasy from his realms. It’s a real bummer is what I’m saying. But Prince Caspian, the real heir to the throne, is set on restoring harmony, and with the former kings/queens of old, he just might do it. I’ll leave it at that, only to say that Lucy is the real heroine of all these stories, and her siblings don’t deserve her. Book 1, we think she is full of it and make her cry. Book 2 (or 4, as you like), we think she is full of it and make her cry. Get it together, elder Pevensies.

This is a fun read for these unprecedented times, a light bit of childhood fantasy fun for kids of all ages.

Filed Under: Children's, Fantasy, Fiction Tagged With: C.S. Lewis, cbr12bingo, classics, prince caspian, The Chronicles of Narnia

ardaigle's CBR12 Review No:25 · Genres: Children's, Fantasy, Fiction · Tags: C.S. Lewis, cbr12bingo, classics, prince caspian, The Chronicles of Narnia ·
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I am a born and bred southerner and recent transplant to the Midwest. I read because I want to, because I NEED to, and because I'm possibly ignoring the frigid temperatures. Until spring, and then I may read outside. I also enjoy cooking, witty banter, and cheese. All the cheese. View ardaigle's reviews»

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  1. Aquillia says

    July 22, 2020 at 3:03 am

    Prince Caspian was one of my favourites when I was a kid!! Only slightly less-loved than Dawn Treader and Silver Chair…

    Also, shamelessly plugging my own review here–I highly recommend The Light Between Worlds for all Narnia-lovers! https://cannonballread.com/2019/01/the-light-between-worlds-aquillia/

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