Book Review: The Chronicles of Narnia (1) – The Magician’s Nephew (C.S. Lewis)

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When two children – Digory (a boy) and Polly (a girl) discovered an underground tunnel in their compound, they decided to explore it for fun. When they followed the tunnel, the found themselves in a room where a secret magician (Uncle Andrew who happened to be the boy’s uncle) uses as his magic room for experiment.

On getting there, the children were surprised to meet Uncle Andrew. Uncle Andrew on the other hand has been looking for two people whom he could use in his sorcery experiment. So, when this two children intruded, he saw the chance to get what he wanted. He then tricked the girl into touching a magical ring that made her disappear into an unknown world…


The boy was confused after his friend has disappeared. He had no choice but to accept the wicked uncle’s offer – to save his friend, he had to go after her into an unknown world…

Then the adventure begins…
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C.S Lewis is the author of the novel Out of the Silent Planet and the series of the Chronicles of Narnia. In this part one of the series of the novel The Chronicles of Narnia, Lewis depicted the creation of a new world – A wonderful world where the animals could speak like normal human being in our own world. Not only that, the novel shows that there are (probably) very many worlds and that there is a neutral phase (the Wood between the worlds) where there is tranquility and life continues in a neutral form until it (life) enters into a real world.

Also, the novel shows that there is (tendency of) communication and interaction between the worlds (Just as the author portrays in the novel Out of the Silent Planet).

In addition, the novel gave a clear picture of greediness and selfishness as well as the importance of love and friendship.

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It is an entertaining novel that suits both young and adult readers.

It was a good read.

My rating: 4 star