The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe 

by C.S. Lewis

Open a door and enter a new world.
NARNIA ... the land beyond the wardrobe door, a secret place frozen in eternal winter ... a magical country waiting to be set fee.
Lucy is the first to find the secret of the wardrobe in the Professor's mysterious old house. At first, her brothers and sisters 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 Great 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.

 Why didn't I read this book years ago? I should of done! I should have read it ten times by now, but unfortunately I  have failed to read it during my childhood.

The hype around the 'Chronicles of Narnia' did put my expectations among the clouds for this series and this book did that expectation justice for 'The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe' is now among my favorites.

It has one of the great story recipes: Magic, talking animals, magical creatures, evil beings, magnificent beings, battles and nutty professors. It has a variety of themes which makes it exciting and somewhat unpredictable. It has moments of cruelty, but great moments that overshadow the evilness. There are moments of courage, moments of pure goodness and fun.



My Cat Catch Book Rating Scale above- It was absolutely amazing(5/5 cats)

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I think C.S. Lewis was exceedingly talented at creating great characters - both good and bad. I adore the good character of Aslan and I hate the bad characters, such as the White Witch and the White Witch's dwarf minion. It is hugely important for a story to have characters that one feels empathy and adoration for, but also characters which one hates with passion; if this is accomplished the reader really cares what the outcome of the story is and how the characters react to the obstacles thrown at them. C.S. Lewis has whole heatedly achieved this, which resulted in me having a hungry stomach whilst desperately trying to finish this book because quite frankly, it is a stupendous story.

It is a fast paced book, it twists through a winding path of exceptional adventures that any reader should be happy to find themselves on. It is exciting and is like a hoover, as it will suck you in until you have bags under your eyes and drool coming from your mouth - book addiction can be so destructive...