The Magician’s Nephew

A long time ago, I read The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe. The majority of what I remember is from the movie, unfortunately. I decided I would start from book one and read all of the books in the Chronicles of Narnia.

This book was very enjoyable. It made clear why C.S. Lewis remains a staple on most bookshelves to this day. The storyline was interesting and never lagged which are good qualities in a children’s book, but the imagery and themes throughout appeal to an adult as well.

The book starts off with Polly and Digory meeting and becoming fast friends. The two children stumble into Digory’s Uncle Andrew’s study one evening and discover Uncle Andrew is somewhat of a novice magician. Uncle Andrew, cruel and selfish man that he is, sends the children off unwittingly on an adventure to worlds unknown to ours. The storyline morphs from a desire to get back to our world to needing to rid our world of an evil previously unseen to the children and general population.

The scenes Lewis paints are very vivid, but not overly descriptive (thinking of you, Steinbeck!) and it was easy to put myself in the pages. There are a lot of Biblical themes and imagery throughout, especially towards the end of the book, which was very interesting to see how he was able to weave those themes into his novel.

Towards the end, it became clear how the books would all start to tie together, but I definitely still have questions and I’m looking forward to continuing the series!

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