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Mark Halpern (153 KP) rated The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (2005) in Movies

Feb 7, 2018

The book comes to life

The story of 4 siblings who are sent to live outside if england during WWII. The go and live on a estate with many different rooms for playing games like hide and seek. During a game young Lucy hides in an old wardrobe and ends up in a magical land ruled by an evil ice queen. She tries and convince her other siblings Edmund,Peter and Susan that this winderful and magical land exisits but, they don't buy it. During one game Edmund the youngest brother hides with her and experiences first hand of this wonderland of sorts but, there is a prophey that 2 kings and 2 queens will come free Narnia. Evuntually they all get to experience Narnia and learn of the prohecy and go to meet the king Aslan to understand it all. Will they free Narnia and get home or will they be traped forever

One of my favorite book ever as a kid and was so happy they did it justice.

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Dana (24 KP) rated Magonia (Magonia, #1) in Books

Mar 23, 2018

Oh my goodness! This is a mix of magic, pirates, and sadness. Trust me, you will need some goddamn tissues near you when you are reading this book. It was so good! The characters are very realistic, the relationships are drawn very well, and the plot goes by very smoothly. There were only a few slow parts, but even those were good. The only thing I wished for was a little more world building. I wish we could have known more about the non main character's backgrounds and a little about the magical world and how it all works. I really recommend this book to people who like magical, piratey books. But really, if you haven't picked this book up yet, do it now. I mean, just by looking at the cover you should want to read it!! If you want to know more about the book, go to: <a href="

video</a> to watch a brief explanatory video from Epic Reads!

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ClareR (5950 KP) rated Odette in Books

Jan 5, 2019

Odette

Jessica Duchen | 2018 | Contemporary, Fiction & Poetry, Science Fiction/Fantasy

8.0

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A charming story

A lovely, magical book about a swan that crashes through Mitzi's flat window during a storm, and then at dusk turns into a young woman. This is a reworking of the Swan Princess/ Swan Lake, or rather a 'what would happen if her spell lasted for over 100 years'?
The Princess, Odette, is naive, even though she is over 100 years old (being a swan for half of your time and living in the woods on your own, will do that to a person, I suppose), and adjusting to life in the modern age is quite hard for her. She is adamant that she needs to find a man to love her to break the spell, and Mitzi just wants to protect her and help her where she can.
I really enjoyed this story, which is rich in magical realism. The contrast of old magic and modern British life, made it on the whole quite believable, really!
Many thanks to The Pigeonhole for the chance to read this story on their social platform!

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David McK (3600 KP) rated Prince Caspian (Chronicles of Narnia, #2) in Books

Jan 28, 2019

Recently, I've been re-working my way through the Narnia books, going by order of setting.

With that in mind, this is the fourth in the series (while it may only have been the second published) and sees the Pevensie children returning to the magical Land of Narnia - a land in which, it is discovered, centuries have passed despite only a year passing in 'our' world and in which Narnia itself has since been conquered.

The Prince Caspian of the title is now the rightful heir to the throne, but is on the run from and at war with his uncle, who wants to kill him now that he has his own heir. Following defeat, in desperation Caspian blows Susan's magical horn which summons her (and Peter, and Lucy, and Edmund) back to the land, just in time to aid him ...

As before, it's pretty easy to see the Christian allegory in this (particularly in the passages where nobody except Lucy can see Aslan), but again: so what?