The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe by C. S. Lewis [BOOK REVIEW]

About The Book:

Pages: 206

Genre: Young Adult, Fantasy, Fiction, Childrens, Classic

Publisher: Harper Collins

Format I read it in: Paperback

Rating: ★★★★★

Narnia… the land beyond the wardrobe door, a secret place frozen in eternal winter, a magical country waiting to be set free.

Lucy is the first to find the secret of the wardrobe in the professor’s mysterious old house. At first her brothers and sister don’t believe her when she tells of her visit to the land of Narnia. But soon Edmund, then Peter and Susan step through the wardrobe themselves. In Narnia they find a country buried under the evil enchantment of the White Witch. When they meet the Lion Aslan, they realize they’ve been called to a great adventure and bravely join the battle to free Narnia from the Witch’s sinister spell.

My Thoughts:

It feels like forever since I first read “The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe”. And yet, when I recall that moment, it still feels like yesterday. I am sitting on the porch of my house in Macedonia, with my now late grandma sitting next to me. The weather is boiling hot, and she’s drinking her coffee and talking about the neighbours. I start reading the book, and before I realise, the sun has hid itself behind the clouds and it’s time for my afternoon karate practice… 

Years later, I picked this book up again. This time, it’s an English edition. I have them both now, so I can compare the translations. And as soon as I start reading the author note, I start to cry. Because I realise how relative, and also how irreversible – time really is. 

“My Dear Lucy,

I wrote this story for you, but when I began it I had not realised that girls grow quicker than books. As a result you are already too old for fairy tales, and by the time it is printed and bound you will be older still. But someday you will be old enough to start reading fairy tales again. You can then take it down from some upper shelf, dust it, and tell me what you think of it. I shall probably be too deaf to hear, and too old to understand, a word you say, but I shall still be

Your affectionate Godfather.”

C.S. Lewis

“The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe” is incredible and will always have a special place in my heart. It brings four siblings together, it introduces us to a secret world covered in snow. It’s a special story about honesty, bravery and following your heart.

I have never read the other books in the series, because I felt like this one is perfect on its own, just as it is. But re-reading it has prompted me to come back to this world again, and I would like to revisit Narnia again soon. 

About The Author:

Clive Staples Lewis was one of the intellectual giants of the twentieth century and arguably one of the most influential writers of his day. He was a Fellow and Tutor in English Literature at Oxford University until 1954. He wrote more than thirty books, allowing him to reach a vast audience, and his works continue to attract thousands of new readers every year. His most distinguished and popular accomplishments include Mere Christianity, Out of the Silent Planet, The Great Divorce, The Screwtape Letters, and the universally acknowledged classics The Chronicles of Narnia. To date, the Narnia books have sold over 100 million copies and been transformed into three major motion pictures.

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