The Silver Chair
- Feb 19, 2010
- 1 min read
Updated: Apr 18
★★★★★
From the outset, I didn't expect much from The Silver Chair, what with it being the first Chronicle of Narnia without the presence of any Pevensie children. But I daresay the book is all the better for it. The Pevensies were, on the whole, terribly good and sorely lacking any great complexity, and their adventures in Narnia were a bit predictable as a result. In The Voyage of the "Dawn Treader," Eustace Scrubb (cousin to the Pevensies and Narnian first-timer) was an interesting and conflicted character and proves himself ably here, as well. Scrubb, along with schoolmate Jill Pole (herself a Narnian first-timer, and given charge of their journey by Aslan) and guide Puddleglum (a fatalist Marsh-wiggle who proves his mettle), on a dangerous underworld mission to rescue King Caspian's son Rilian, encounter more peril than wonderment, and their tale is a truly exciting read. Of course, being a book for kids, more than a few resolutions come too quickly and tidily, but these are not enough to distract from an otherwise lovely and thrilling installment in the series.
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