sweet-indigo's Full Review: C. S. Lewis - The Magician's Nephew
When I read this book, it was set so long ago it was when my grandfather's grandfather was a child. I found it to be the ideal book for an empty rainy day - in fact, that is the setting of the book in the opening chapter.
It's best to have read The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe when you start this book, but other than that, prior knowledge of Narnia is not required. It's satisfactory to know just that the four children found their way to Narnia through the wardrobe, and their adventures after that point. This is the story of 'how it all began', the founding of the world of Aslan, and solves several of the quirks and mysteries in the first book, even including the lamp-post on the way in from the wardrobe.
This book has a slightly different flavor to the others - Polly and Digory, the two children from late Victorian London, are more like spectators than the main characters of the other novels, although they do commit acts critical to the plot of the novel. The full cast of characters differs slightly, too; instead of the noble warriors and mythical creatures who dominate the other books, there is Uncle Andrew, the intelligent but altogether cowardly man, and the London cabby who gets caught up in the whole thing quite by accident. The imagery, too, is slightly different, except maybe for that in The Last Battle. It's stronger and more symbolic. But one thing does remain constant - Lewis's grip on character continues as convincing as ever.
The only slight down point in this book is that the story is a little broken up. The subplots aren't separate, but they aren't quite as linked as would have been nice. But they do each provide interest and fascination; the realization of each part's relevance to the characters and to the series as a whole is quite delightful.
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