Undeniably the last in the Narnia series as it’s the last
published and the last chronologically. After reading it I can’t
disagree; unlike some others in the series I strongly recommend you read
all the others before this one. It begins in Narnia with a gorilla
named Shift and a donkey named Puzzle who comes across a lion skin and
Shift decides to dress Puzzle in it and pretend he’s Aslan so people
will do what they say. Puzzle doesn’t like it at all but is very weak
willed and goes along with it. Things get rather out of hand pretty
quickly and word spreads that Aslan is back in Narnia. As he hasn’t been
seen in so long others believe the clumsy disguise. The present king of
Narnia, Tirian, is alerted to the situation and terrible things begin
to happen. Tirian calls out for help and the two English children from
the last book (The Silver Chair) arrive in Narnia to aid him in the
final battle. There are more surprises and more characters from previous
books that appear in the middle and end of the book that I don’t want
to reveal. This book was much less subtle about religious overtones and
themes than others in the series and has bittersweet ending. I feel like
the whole series wraps up nicely and no one we cared for before is
forgotten about, which I liked. I really recommend the book and the
series if you want to read some classic fantasy stories, maybe looking
for familiar tropes that originated here.
[ official
The Last Battle page on the official
C.S. Lewis web site ]
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