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amphiptere · 2 years ago

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what are everyone’s ranking order for the narnia books. as a kid mine was 5-7-3-4-6-1-2, or something like that, with each number denoting the chronological order. now I have come to my senses about the seventh and I’m midway through a grown-up reread but I think it’ll be something like 5-3-6-1-4-2-7.

#mine #chronological order is magician's nephew tltwatw horse and his boy prince caspian dawn treader silver chair last battle #i think i totally get each being someone's favourite except maybe the last battle #idk what i was on about as a kid that book was not very good #maybe the hardcore christians love it because it's all allegory but like that went over my head when i was a kid i was in denial any of it w #as based on christianity #i guess i don't agree with prince caspian or tltwatw or the magician's nephew being the top favourite either #but that's just me thinking they are among the narratively weaker books #tltwatw can be your favourite for nostalgia reasons though that's ok #it is a great intro to the world but idk i just don't think it's the best novel #like you get introduced to the world and 100% it's got an awesome villain and great character arc with edmund #but then it's jsut kind of wandering around and aslan and santa solve everyone's problems for them #except i guess at the stone table that's a nice scene #i know i was just objecting to christian allegories but listen i don't mind if they work well as story beats still #the stone table scene is great! the end of the last battle is just stupid!#aslan randomly appearing as a lamb because why tf not in dawn treader? kind of pointless #but the rest of it is all good #anyway i love these books so much good lord they were formative #maybe this is my cozy fantasy origin story #because technically they all feature some sort of war/violence but it's mostly off-screen and over very quickly and the main characters don'#t partake #so not much of a focus so much as the Adventure and Fun of the World are #k i take back what i said about tltwatw it's a really solid plot #i just like the books that are more vibes #narnia

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