Review 2025.07.012
Reviewers Note: It is the middle of 2025 and I am not doing a good job of keeping up with this desired goal of mine to write book reviews. I do not want to lower my expectations but I am going to so that I can catch up. This will mean short reviews on the books I read.
Spoilers – No
The Magician’s Nephew by C.S. Lewis
218 Pages
So many people were surprised I had never read this series and so I finally put it on my wish list. After a few months I had purchased all but one book on sale. Then double or triple Kindle points day happened and I bought the last one. I read them in chronological order and not published order. I am glad I did. This book sets up the whole series quite well. Each book’s story is contained in itself but there is definitely a beginning and ending to the series.
I cried when Aslan set up the first king and queen. The specific words that got me? Aslan said “I have known you long. Do you know me?” Brutal. I cried for several pages.
It was published in 1955 so some of the language is different. It took me a bit to get into the flow but not that long. And thankfully I just read through all seven so the longer I read, the more natural the language was for me.
I recommended this book to anyone who reads fiction.