Title: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe

Author: Lewis, C.S.

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As four children push through some old musty fur coats, they step into something cold that crunches under their feet. They find themselves standing outside in a snowy land.  By talking to animals and odd creatures that could speak like them, they soon find out that they are in a magical land, Narnia, which is part of another world, unknown to man. Some of the creatures are kind, but others are cruel and vicious and will do anything to gain power. These children go through many troubles to solve he mystery of Narnia.

Rating:

I gave this book four stars because I thought the events were very interesting. The author wrote a very thrilling story that was really exciting. Most of the characters in this book were imaginary, which made the story interesting also. I liked all the different settings throughout this book. The first setting towards the beginning of the story was at the mysterious old house, and other settings were mostly in the magical land, Narnia.

I really liked how this book had such exciting events. Each thing that happened was very intriguing because the book was fictional. I think the author was able to be more creative and imaginative with his writing since the book was not a real life story. Also, since this story was made up, C.S Lewis thought of a very interesting way to present the story. For example, near the beginning, one of the main characters had just entered a wardrobe, which was in one of the many rooms in a strange old house that lead to extraordinary magical land, called Narnia.

I really liked this book’s great description. I could easily picture the scenery and the events in my head. The facial features of the characters and the characteristics of the setting were two things that I also imagined clearly in my mind. For example, the author wrote, "Her face was white- not merely pale, but white like snow or icing-sugar. It was a beautiful face in other respects, but proud and cold and stern."

I think the author could have improved the way he described some characters. For example, the witch was very interesting because she was one of the main characters, but I would have liked to know more about a lion that was described only for a short time. This made him less interesting. I think C.S Lewis didn’t describe some of the characters as well as others because they might have not been that important to the story, but I would still like to know more about the ones that weren’t talked about a lot.

This book was not much of a "page turner". This is one of the things I think the author could have improved. For example, some chapters were about visits or the start of a friendship. Sometimes it wasn’t chapters that weren’t a page-turner. Pages were also not very interesting either. For example, one of the chapters I read was mostly about the children and some friends that they met on a dangerous quest to find Aslan. Then they all fall asleep. When they got up the author wrote about 2 ½ pages on what happened when they were all awake and how they got something to eat, but after that things started to get more interesting.

This book had one of the best endings I’ve ever read. I really liked this ending because it was easy to follow, and it was very interesting. I thought the way the author ended the story was very unique. [Brittany]

I like how C.S. Lewis described everything in such detail. It was like you could picture what was happening. On every page he described something with his senses. Fro example, "The trees were turning soft and wavy, and the snow was melting in to shiny blue rivers and revealing sharp pointy grass. The birds started to sing their song and fly across to opposite trees." He told about everything that was important. I also like how he didn’t get too detailed in describing things that weren’t important. The whole book has so much detail in it that it was like a movie to me. I loved the ideas he put into it, he has so much imagination and creativity.

The introduction had some kicks to it, but it didn’t have as much detail as the middle and the end of the book. The questions were very good and mysterious. Also the introduction is very important to the story.

Events were well organized. They were also very exciting. Like when Edmund met the witch. He thought she was so nice and didn’t believe any of the mean things the other children told him about her.

The characters each had their own personality so they were all interesting; they had a different belief for everything. They all differed from each other.

The ending was very exciting but since it’s a series it doesn’t really end. The way the book ended interested me in reading the next book in the series, The Horse and His Boy.

I think it’s a real "page turner" because of its detail. It made me want to go onto the next page or the next chapter. It also helped me predict what would happen next. [Julie]

The description on this book was great. I liked how the author gave enough detail to put a picture in my head. (Like when the talked about the battle.)

The characters were interesting. I liked how the author put in a lot of characters but only talked about the important ones.

It kept my interest for a good portion of the time. I think the author could cut out some parts. Like when the kids moved out of their house because of the air raids. On some parts I could not put the book down. Like when the kids first came into narnia.

The events were exciting. My favorite was the part about the battle. There were enough events to keep me interested.

The introduction was great. Reading the first chapter made me want to read the rest. [Ryan]