The Magician's Nephew - C. S. Lewis

   The Magician's Nephew, by C. S. Lewis, is a fantasy book published in 1955. It's based around magic, and going into the world of Narnia and discovering it's mysteries. The story begins with Digory and Polly becoming friends and discovering Digory's Uncle Andrew's study by accident. Uncle Andrew makes Polly disappear into the world of Narnia while Digory wants to go save her. Their lives change as they enter a world of magic. I think the themes are Courage and Friendship because its about two friends who enter a world they don't know, Narnia.


   The story is told in a third person omniscient perspective, the narrator is not a part of the story but addresses the reader as "you" many times in the story. The plot revolves around magic of Narnia. I think the intended audience is for young and old alike. The books genre is fantasy, as I said before, it uses the idea of Narnia and magic in the book. The author keeps me interested by keeping it action packed! The author style is sometimes talking to you in the book, helping you understand it as it goes along and it is effective for it's intended audience to help them understand it more.


  The book didn't affect me that much, or change many of my ideas. It fit in with my personal world view because I have a crazy Uncle as well that might send me to the world of Narnia. I don't read many books so It brought up 0 memories of other authors or books.


   I did like this book because I like the concept of magic and Narnia. I recommend reading this book if you like these topics or want to try something new, maybe you'll read the other six books as well!



Allen Hoebag
11/7/13
Rating: **** 4/5