You know you're bored when it nearly takes you a month to read something of this length.

This is my third journey into the lands of Narnia as I have been reading the series in chronological rather than publication order. With probably the most intriguing title of the series, this was the tale I was most excited for, but it ultimately didn't live up the magic of the previous two books, for me. This is the first book in the series not set from the perspective of someone entering Narnia from the human real. I still enjoyed it, though it is not what I thought it would be and, as such, i...

Aaaaaannnd it's time to downgrade an old classic.Reading it with my girl was kinda a chore because BOTH of us thought the story dragged. And if a six-year-old can pick out the ickiness of caricature Arab cultures and find it distasteful (without any kind of reaction from her daddy), then it MIGHT be a bit bad.Sure, sure, talking horses and missing princesses and princes and an adventure/quest OUGHT to be great fun, but the pacing is weird with lots of talking about events that just happened off-...

This is probably my favorite of the Chronicles. It takes place during the Golden Age of Narnia, with the Pevensies reigning in their prime, although the story is actually set in the countries to the south of Narnia, which provides for a rather different feel to much of this novel. I always find the visual imagery captivating: riding across the moors at night, entering the towering city of Tashban, spending a night among the tombs of the ancient kings.

The Horse and His Boy (Chronicles of Narnia, #5), C.S. Lewis The Horse and His Boy is a novel for children by C. S. Lewis, published by Geoffrey Bles in 1954. Of the seven novels that comprise The Chronicles of Narnia, The novel is set in the period covered by the last chapter of The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe during the reign of the four Pevensie children as Kings and Queens of Narnia. Though three of the Pevensies appear as minor characters in The Horse and His Boy, the main characters

“Do not by any means destroy yourself, for if you live you may yet have good fortune, but all the dead are dead like.” This felt as if I was reading a folktale about a horse and a boy who wander around and seek their new adventure. Yet the humor in this book is abundant, even though the narration is not as intriguing as the other books. And the storyline is quite straight and lacks of twists or epicness, too. I yawned so many times while I was getting past the first half of the book. I'd use

I feel really guilty about loving this book as much as I do. I loved it as a kid and I love it now, and there is just so much wrong with it. The xenophobia is positively racist -- by page 5, we're already hearing the first of many references to the fact that the residents of Narnia are considered by the residents of their southern neighbor, Calormen, to be "fair and white...accursed but beautiful barbarians." The Calormenes, on the other hand, are nothing but walking Middle Eastern stereotypes.

Imagine my horror when I read this once familiar story in e-book form, and stopped reading when Aslan was saying 'myself' to poor Shasta. The problem of evil has never been more apparent in any book.C.S. Lewis has always been disingenuous about his Narnia books, imparting his sugar coated dishonesties about the Creation of Narnia, implying in other books that the worst should fall on Aslan's tawny shoulders.Forget about all of the previous grievances. Forget the implied racism. This book is bori...

The basic story is a good and entertaining one, but I could not get beyond the overt prejudices of C.S. Lewis on display throughout this book.I'm incredibly disappointed. His portrayal of the people of Calormen is horrid. I admit, by calor I don't known if he is implying people of the hot lands (as calor indicates heat) or if it is a not-so-subtle way of suggesting colored people, but the descriptions speak for themselves. These people are described as dark-skinned, turban-wearing, cruel slave-o...

Ugh, this is the worst episode of Mister Ed ever.

I feel more conflicted about this book than any of the other Narnia books. On the plus side, the story is stronger and CS Lewis manages to keep his blatant editorializing to a minimum (maybe because none of the characters are transplants from wartime London). But holy crap, the modern reader will find his racist descriptions pretty hard to swallow. He reintroduces his devious, smelly, turban-clad race, the Calormen. A lost white boy is raised among them and he is sad until he is finally reunited...

Lame.Shasta is running away when he meets a Talking Horse named Bree. Bree and Shasta then run into another talking horse and rider pair, Hwin and Aravis. Will they gain the freedom they so desperately seek?The Horse and His Boy was completely off-brand and boring. In The Magician's Nephew and then The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe, my favorite parts were all of the little barbs that the Queen would throw out. However, in The Horse and His Boy, the Queen was not featured, and there wasn't an...

To the south of Narnia lays a vast desert, and beyond that the Calormen Empire (obviously based on the Middle Eastern Muslim world). Deep within Calormen the bedraggled and misused Thasta the 'son' of a fisherman, and Aravis, who is due to be forced into a terrible arranged marriage find themselves unlikely travel companions, on the road to the fabled (in their country) Narnia; they get caught up in a big Narnian adventure!This book, the fifth published, but third chronologically, is set during

One word: Orientalist.Sorry, I could not get past it - nor should I have to. This was a terrible book, full of so much imperialist racist anti-Arab/Indian tones that I could not appreciate any aspect of it. Quite frankly I couldn't believe that I was reading this garbage. I don't really care if the story is good - if it's offensive it's not good. And even then, I really didn't care for the story.The characters were completely new and it takes place during Susan/Edmund/Peter/Lucy's reign in Narni...

The boxed set of Narnia that I have and am now reading, was published in 2002 I have noticed, so despite having 1950/60s covers, these were NOT my original Narnia books from the early 70s. I wonder where my originals went and when I bought these ??Who knows, what I do know is that it’s strange, I could not remember a single thing about this book, I don’t think I have ever read it. That said it was very enjoyable, a fun romp through the countries bordering Narnia with an interesting mix of people...

“Child,' said the Lion, 'I am telling you your story, not hers. No one is told any story but their own.” Not many people know this about me, but my mom is a horse riding instructor; so needless to say I grew up with horses and although I very rarely mount now, these animals will always hold a very special place in my heart. That is why, when I started reading this book, I thought it would be my favourite of the series -which I am reading in publication order, so this was book number five for me

This is increasingly becoming one of my favourites from the Chronicles of Narnia. If asked why, I believe it is because it is the most like a medieval faerie romance. A young boy and girl in the mundane world of Calormen suddenly find themselves in the presence of faeries––talking horses––who wish to take them into Faerie itself––Narnia. Faerie, and the journey to it, however, is perilous and fraught with dangers. Once in it, or on its borders (i.e. Archenland) it becomes even more dangerous. A

Instagram || Twitter || Facebook || Amazon || PinterestTo cure a book slump, I decided to revisit the Chronicles of Narnia series. I grew up with the books as a kid, but I'd never actually finished the series to completion. Conveniently, I happen to own a stack of them that I purchased from a thrift shop a few years ago on a whim. To make things extra interesting, I'm reading the books in chronological order instead of publication order, which means that some of the lesser-known books like T

The story is so simple but it took me awhile to appreciate what's going on because I am reading the series not in its proper sequence. I read Book #2, The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe last year and now this Book #3, The Horse and His Boy without reading Book #1 The Magician's Nephew first. Reason? I misplaced my copy of Book #1 and I had to search for it.Well, it is quite hard to rate this book. It is a simple fantasy story. The horse in the title is Bree, the talking Narnian horse. He and t...

'Like most days when you are alone and waiting for something this day seemed about 100 hours long'I'm not sure about this book, it felt like a typical filler that you find in every series. A book to beef out the series but doesnt relate to or impact anything. I also feel it failed to portray the magic and amazement of the worlds that the two previous books do so well. Mr Tumnus has lost his personality, it just all fell flat for me. I felt I was reading just to get through it which is fine as it...