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Type of bind: Mass Market Paperback
EAN num: 9780064471091
ISBN number: 0064471098
Label: HarperTrophy
Manufacturer: HarperTrophy
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 272
Printing Date: July 08, 1994
Publishing house: HarperTrophy
Age index: Ages 9-12
Release Date: July 01, 1994
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Narnia ... where giants wreak havoc ... where evil weaves a spell ... where enchantment rules.
Through dangers untold and caverns deep and dark, a noble band of friends are sent to rescue a prince held captive. But their mission to Underland brings them face-to-face with an evil more beautiful and more deadly than they ever expected.
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Although Eustace was quite the annoying little bugger of a character in the 3rd book (Dawn Treader), to the extent that it made that book less enjoyable, his character showed a nice improvement in this book and showed not just personal redemption but also, frankly, made the book more tolerable.
The lands CS Lewis created in this book rival the curious islands of the 3rd book, although most of the really creative lands occur near the end of the book with the gnomes from the Land of Bism in an even lower underworld than where much of the story occurs. There is a great description by the gnomes of Bism of that land and we will have to see if the movie (in a couple of years) explores that land further than the book just to have fun with cool CGI effects. Meanwhile, the mind can imagine some pretty cool lands down under.
Be sure to notice the names of the characters and how they fit their personalities - fun little touches. To give just one example, Puddleglum is appropriate - even when he's trying to be optimistic he's "glum".
The one tough part (a caution for younger readers) is that the main human characters also have nicknames and CS Lewis goes back and forth between their real and nicknames. It confused me somewhat when very first reading this book some 30 years ago, and recently rereading it I had to remember to be careful here and not think there are more main characters running around.
This 4th book in the series should be read quickly after the 3rd book - definitely not before or huge amounts of the storyline will be lost. Although the "Chronicles" is not in strict chronological order, reading this 4th book without having read the 3rd will be confusing at best.
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I have to admit I wasn't expecting to enjoy the read as much as I did The Magician's Nephew or The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe. But honestly, I truly did enjoy the read. I had become attached to Lucy, Susan, Edmund, and Peter. But Eustace and his new friend, Jill, won me over.
I liked in the beginning how Aslan appears and sets the story, showing Jill the error of her ways. I enjoyed reading about the giants they very first see and laughing about what they do. And it was quite clever of C.S. Lewis to include the lady and the knight. I guess, I wasn't quick enough to make a connection there. Then the underground people is quite neat. I was kind of scared of them, thinking they were really mean and all. But all of my quick judgements had definitely changed in the end.
I also like how some old characters from other Narnia books are brought into the story and how the connection is made. It is another book that I am glad I took the time to read. It is a nice addition to the Narnia Tales.
Thanks.
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I felt that The Silver Chair gave better character arcs to the "son and daughter of Adam and Eve" than some of the other Narnia books. The focus of the book seemed to be shared between the children, Eustace and Jill, as well as the quest - instead of focusing on the quest alone. Also, the Marsh-wiggle is a well drawn character and pretty unique from Lewis' other personalities in Narnia.
Like the other books in the series, this one continues to touch the surface of the adventures and explanations, but I felt it was more complete than some of the other books in the series. Perhaps I'm just getting more used to Lewis' writing style.
As always though we are taken to wonderful new places and meet interesting new characters, and visits from old friends are always met with a warm heart. Certain parts were somewhat sad, but most of it was happily addressed at the end.
Aslan is always very magnificent! And I found myself very much enjoying the adventures and the characters throughout the book!
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Fourth book printed, sixth book chronologically.
I began re-reading the Narnia series after coming across a beautiful boxed set of all seven novels. Mainly this was out of nostalgia, as these were favourites when I was young, and I was interested to see how they held up as adults. I found them all to be written very clearly with provocative descriptive prose, and narrative that often draws the reader immediately into the story.
The series falters here a little with a fairly uninspired story, broken down into a series of events that give the reader the sense that Lewis was getting a little weary with the universe he had created. As though bored of Narnia, he takes us away from that and all familiar characters but one, an admittedly well-realised Eustace.
Although it opens very well, despite Lewis interjecting regularly with his own poorly-disguised opinions on the world in general and certain types of schools in particular. Unfortunately once the story kicks in it feels a touch rushed and uninspired, the return of Caspian unemotive, and the silver chair of the title almost totally inconsequential. It's not an awful read, but there's little hear for adults and probably not a great deal for youngsters, although I would admittedly be guessing about that.
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Another dark and quest-filled story in The Chronicles of Narnia; the Silver Chair adds more depth and character to Eustace, his friend Pole, and the rest of the added characters in this installment. Though I think that parts of the journey to find the kidnapped prince seemed a bit unnecessarily prolonged, Lewis gladly relieves his readers with a memorable rescue in the conclusion.
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