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“My good Horse, you’ve lost nothing but your self-conceit.”

The Horse and His Boy (The Chronicles of Narnia, #3) by C.S. Lewis

August 3, 2021 by narfna Leave a Comment

This was always my least favorite book in this series. So far at least, it remains that way, but I think for different reasons. I’m not quite sure why I never really warmed to it when I was a kid. I’d like to think that my subconscious was responding to what my conscious mind is cringing at now, but I also think that a large part of it might be that this isn’t really a portal fantasy, like the rest of the books are (The […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Fantasy Tagged With: #fantasy, C.S. Lewis, children's lit, narfna, re-reads, The Chronicles of Narnia, the horse and his boy

Genres: Children's Books, Fantasy · Tags: #fantasy, C.S. Lewis, children's lit, narfna, re-reads, The Chronicles of Narnia, the horse and his boy ·
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At least that was the excuse he made in his own mind for what he was doing.

The Magician's Nephew by CS Lewis

The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe by CS Lewis

The Horse and his Boy by CS Lewis

Prince Caspian by CS Lewis

The Voyage of the Dawn Treader by CS Lewis

The Silver Chair by CS Lewis

The Last Battle by CS Lewis

May 2, 2019 by vel veeter 1 Comment

I am not going to review of the books of the series for separate and specific ratings. Instead, I will give the whole series a rating (five stars for all kinds of reasons) which is not to say they’re all of equal quality or all great or any of them perfect. But because of their influence, their precision, their quality, and my own specific sentimental value…well, I just can’t do otherwise. The other thing is: I am not a Christian and I used to be. […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction Tagged With: CS Lewis, prince caspian, The Chronicles of Narnia, the horse and his boy, the last battle, the lion the witch and the wardrobe, the magician's nephew, the silver chair, the voyage of the dawn treader

vel veeter's CBR11 Review No:226 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction · Tags: CS Lewis, prince caspian, The Chronicles of Narnia, the horse and his boy, the last battle, the lion the witch and the wardrobe, the magician's nephew, the silver chair, the voyage of the dawn treader ·
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