Prince Caspian by C S Lewis is the second book in
his children’s Christian fantasy Narnia series. In this book we follow Peter,
Susan, Edmund and Lucy as they return to Narnia and the adventures that follow.
I gave this book 4 out of 5 stars. Surprisingly I liked this
better upon reread. It was fascinating to see the four kids as ancient history
and what has happened to Narnia in the interim. The first time I read the book
I didn’t like how much time we spent away from the kids and with Caspian
instead, but this time I really appreciated that part and all we learned.
Unlike the first book, the chapters were almost too long for
one sitting with my daughter (8 years old). Hopefully, in future books they
don’t get much longer than this or Lewis switched back to a shorter chapter
system; I’d rather have more but shorter chapters than fewer chapters but too
long for my kid. Furthermore, I don’t understand why he included Bacchus and Silvanus.
These “gods” have quite adult connotation to them and not necessarily in a good
way. Father Christmas’s appearance in the first book at least made sense in
connection to the “always winter but never Christmas” thing. But these two just
don’t make sense to me and I am left very grateful that this went over my
daughter’s head. Unfortunately they turned me off of those parts of the story.
That being said, it was still a fun and interesting story
and I still feel so invested in Narnia.
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