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THE HORSE AND HIS BOY by C. S. Lewis,
By thepaxdomini "The Book Review" (Tulsa, OK) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The horse and his boy BOOK 3 (BOOK 3 Chronicles of Narnia),BOOK 3. (The Horse and His Boy, Book 3) (Paperback)
The Horse and His Boy (1954) is a children's fantasy novel, the fifth in C. S. Lewis's Chronicles of Narnia. Here, an adopted lower-class boy, a young, independent girl, and two Narnian talking horses attempt to flee from Calormen into Narnia; on the way, they get caught up in international political intrigue.
While Lewis wrote this book fifth, it takes place during the original reign of the Pevensies during the last chapter of The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. The only reason for this chronological decision is so that Lewis can bring the Pevensies back in supporting roles, which he does (plus Mr. Tumnus). And it is nice to see them as adults, more mature but still distinctly the same characters. I trust it will not be too great an affront to Lewis to say that this story reads like The Prince and the Pauper by way of Arabian Nights. Not that there's anything wrong with the story; it's well-told, but it doesn't feel particularly imaginative, and that's what separates the good Narnia stories from the great ones. The Horse and His Boy feels too much like Lewis took a number of trusty old story elements and gave them the Narnia treatment. This is the only book in the series where children from Earth are not prominent characters (there's not much time spent in Narnia, either), and that alone gives The Horse and His Boy a different feel from the rest. But this isn't Lewis's best set of characters. Shasta is decent enough, but I feel like we've seen him before, in Twain and elsewhere. While the horses have their own personalities, they don't add much to the story. A highlight is Aravis (another character we've seen before), in whom Lewis has the strongest female character in the series. (Aslan, as usual, steals most of his scenes.) Lewis offers lessons to be learned, of course. The most obvious theme is pride: the Calormenes are a prideful people in general, and several of the book's prominent characters have to learn to practice humility. Another is divine providence, which, thanks to Aslan, is present in all the books in a general way, but here is much more pronounced, culminating in Aslan explaining to Shasta how he has been present and involved at every key moment of the boy's life. Some critics have pointed to The Horse and His Boy (as well as to The Last Battle) and cried "racism." In a book where most of the people who are good and right are light-skinned and the warmongering villains are dark-skinned, that's understandable, but, I think, taking it too far. Certainly Lewis has populated his other Narnia books with light-skinned enemies, and, while he has done Calormen in the style of the medieval Arab world and set this culture up as a rival to Narnia, there is nothing egregiously antagonistic on Lewis's part here, particularly since he portrays Aravis so sympathetically. In short, while not Lewis's best, The Horse and His Boy is another quality adventure.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Second-best in the series so far.,
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This review is from: The horse and his boy BOOK 3 (BOOK 3 Chronicles of Narnia),BOOK 3. (The Horse and His Boy, Book 3) (Paperback)
C. S. Lewis, The Horse and His Boy (Harper Collins, 1954)
The Horse and His Boy takes us out of Narnia for a bit and into the Southern continent, where a young servant boy befriends a Narnian talking horse who had been captured in battle. The two of them head for Narnia and freedom, but on the way, there are adventures to be had, including some problems with Narnians themselves and a case of mistaken identity. Not a bad little book, this, one that stands up well to The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe. *** ½
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
a good book,
A Kid's Review
This review is from: The horse and his boy BOOK 3 (BOOK 3 Chronicles of Narnia),BOOK 3. (The Horse and His Boy, Book 3) (Paperback)
C.S. Lewis's magical world of Narnia enchants young readers with its tales about a magical land full of mysterious creatures. He has written seven parts to his famous series "The Chronicles of Narnia"; The Magician's Nephew, The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, Prince Caspian, The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, The Silver Chair, The last Battle, and the book I read was The Horse and His Boy. These seven books have enchanted readers for the last fifty years. Narnia is a fantasy book including animals that can talk, trolls, kings, queens, princes, princesses, and everything else that would leave you starving for more!
Shasta is a poor, young boy that doesn't really know where he belongs. A rotten fisherman, Arsheesh, takes care of him. But one day a Tarkaan came and bought Shasta. Shasta soon begins to worry about his future while Arsheesh and the Tarkaan settled for a price. Then the Tarkaan's horse, Bree, warned Shasta that the Tarkaan was wicked and will treat him poorly. Shasta ran away with the talking horse Bree and found himself in an adventure to find a free land named Narnia. Later they meet another talking horse, Hwin, and her girl named Aravis. They too are looking for Narnia and join Shasta and Bree on their adventure. They face lions, Tarkaans, scary crypt, vast cities, spoiled princes and much more. I thought this book was very good. It made a lot of sense and that is good in a book. It also has a wonderful plot that was just awesome. This is a very good book and I suggest it for fifth grade to seventh. But there are a lot of difficult words in this book that you probably won't be able to pronounce.
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