Somehow I had never read Prince Caspian before. I had checked it out from the library back in sixth grade and then the book disappeared before I could read it. So, yeah ... I lost a library book about twenty five years ago. I also saw the movie about four years ago and remember pretty much nothing about it. So I was pretty excited to finally sit down and read this book... especially since I'd read The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe three or four times already. After all that I was a bit let down by the end. I was entertained for the most part, but it isn't a classic on the same level as the first one. The story picks up a year after The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. The kids are leaving to go back to school when all of a sudden they are magically transported back to Narnia. Possibly thousands of years have passed and Narnia is ruled by Prince Caspian's uncle Miraz. Caspian finds out that the king wants to kill him and flees. He uses a magic horn to call for help and that is how the kids were brought back to Narnia. The kids travel across Narnia, find Prince Caspian, and along with a bunch of talking animals they try and defeat the evil king Miraz.
The main fault is that Prince Caspian isn't that interesting of a character. He is just reacting to what people tell him throughout the story. Also, we don't get to see Miraz acting too much like a villain, so it is hard to see him as a major threat. And then the subtext with people in Narnia not believing in Aslan is just way too obvious. So far it is the weakest in the series, but still worth reading. I'll give it a B.
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