It's worse than the first part and really boring.
It has the same flaws, and instead of rectifying them, the author goes on describing every single detail in the story, like the color of the grass, etc.
I liked the reason why the children were brought to Narnia. I was a great set up. But, I would say I only liked that part from the entire book.
Just for the convenience and the story to progress, our characters (who are children in school!) carries electric torches and matches. I mean, who would if you are just a child ?
I thought the final battle would be good, but it disappointed me as well. Just a spar between Peter and Miraz, and that's it. The end of the book.
First of all, this review is my personal opinion, and I agree that everyone does their own.
The starting chapters, up to the children going into the Narnia and introduction to White Witch and Aslan were great. But, after that point, some things became questionable due to their illogical writing.
Few examples include: (Spoilers ahead!)
- Edmund betrays everyone to join the White Witch and end all his brothers, sisters, and all creatures of Narnia just for his food from the Witch. But, after realizing his mistake, this is the line from the book: Edmund shook hands with each of the others and said to each of them in turn, “I'm sorry,” and everyone said “That's all right.”
- And just like that, they forgive him. How can they?
- Also, to make Edmund good in the eyes of the readers, the author included the following line:
“It was all Edmund's doing, Aslan,” Peter was saying. “We'd have been beaten if it hadn't been for him.
- Also, Peter, who had no practical experience on how to fight with a sword, fights the White Witch herself. The following line from the book says it all: ‘It was Peter she was fighting—both of them going at it so hard that Lucy could hardly make out what was happening; she only saw the stone knife and Peter's sword flashing so quickly that they looked like three knives and three swords.'
- How the author expects me to believe that this is all really happening?
Overall, I think that this book best suits for very young children who doesn't have the ability to question the justification of the story, but just to enjoy the characters, as we all did in our childhood.
