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The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (Chronicles of Narnia, #5)
by C.S. Lewis
by C.S. Lewis
Claire's review
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Mar 19, 2007
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This book has what I would say is definitely one of the World's Top Five Best Opening Lines: "There was a boy named Eustace Clarence Scrubbs, and he almost deserved it." Eustace is an awesomely bitchy character who gets satisfyingly smacked down a couple of times by Ultimate Children's Fiction Dreamboat Prince Caspian. Lucy and Edmund feature prominently, as well as an AWESOME character, Reepicheep the valiant warrior mouse. I freakin' LOVE Reepicheep. This was always my favorite of the Narnia books mostly by virtue of the fact that the whole thing takes place on a ship, and as a kid I had a major boat fixation. But as an adult, it's cool to see how the book explores some interesting theological ground in the journey these characters take as they sail towards the end of the world. You don't have to have read the whole series to enjoy this book, but you probably should read "The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe" (Book 1) and "Prince Caspian" (Book 2) for a lot of it to make sense.
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Ah, you are a TRUE Narnia diehard, listing the books in order of their Narnian chronology. Well-played, madam. I always think of them in the order they were in the editions we had when I was a kid, where "The Magician's Nephew" was somewhere in the middle, like maybe 5th. I think of LLW, Caspian and Dawn Treader as the first three and sort of a trilogy/unit unto themselves. But that's just me.
They should be read in publication order, not chronological...this was a mistake by the later editors. If you read them chronologically, you lose much of the magic and surprise of some of the stories.
This is a great review of the book. However, you listed the wrong order-why would he want you to read them in a different order when he refers back to the other books in each book 'if you've been reading this far you know...', etc. I'm re-reading them with my sons now and it's:
-The magician's nephew
-The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe
-the horse and his boy
-prince Caspian
-voyage of the Dawn Treader
-silver chair
-final battle
Is there something I don't understand about the order that this review and a lot of the listings in goodreads have them in different orders?
Nevermind! I just read that his stepson recommended to Harper Collins that they switch to Narnian Chronology instead of publication date, and Lewis said it didn't matter which way you read them. I think I like the continuity of reading them in Narnian chronology and my kids (8 and 5) seem to follow it better this way. I'll have to read it the other way next time through!
Lol... Bitchy Eustace gets the smack down from dreamboat Caspian. Even his name is hot- for reals.Also F-YES REEPICHEEP!! Best character.
But wasn't Magician's Nephew book #1, LLW book #2, and Caspian book #3?