Yes, definitely recommend him other, better things!
The Silver Chair was my favorite for many years, but as I got older, that switched back to Dawn Treader. I still love the quest plot in The Silver Chair, and the underworld and Puddleglum, but Eustace and Jill don't actually really do much of anything in that book; Dawn Treader is more satisfying to me now. And it has one of my favorite lines: You were only an ass, but I was a traitor. Not to mention: There was a boy called Eustace Clarence Scrubb, and he almost deserved it.
You'd think that would be the one you'd have difficulty messing up ... epic quests to sundry islands! Ships on the high seas! Dragons! Magic fountains! It should be awesome by proxy.
I know! And yet...the reviews I've read, and the one friend who's seen it, have not been positive.
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The Silver Chair was my favorite for many years, but as I got older, that switched back to Dawn Treader. I still love the quest plot in The Silver Chair, and the underworld and Puddleglum, but Eustace and Jill don't actually really do much of anything in that book; Dawn Treader is more satisfying to me now. And it has one of my favorite lines: You were only an ass, but I was a traitor. Not to mention: There was a boy called Eustace Clarence Scrubb, and he almost deserved it.
You'd think that would be the one you'd have difficulty messing up ... epic quests to sundry islands! Ships on the high seas! Dragons! Magic fountains! It should be awesome by proxy.
I know! And yet...the reviews I've read, and the one friend who's seen it, have not been positive.