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The Last Battle is the last book of the Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis. The novel presents a Narnia which is full of turmoil, a false Ashlan has emerged bringing with him disorder and chaos. We also follow the adventures of the last king of Narnia (Tirian) who throughout his adventure is accompanied by Poggin the dwarf, his faithful friend Jewel the unicorn, Eustace, Jill and the Pevensie siblings.
I started this book with high expectations since it was the last of all the chronicles series, but to be honest I found it quite meh. I found the ending that C.S. Lewis chose for this wonderful world extremely curious and at the same time quite disappointing.
In this novel you find a Narnia that is in danger and is in the middle of a great battle which, after all, is the battle between good and evil.
All the characters …
The Last Battle is the last book of the Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis. The novel presents a Narnia which is full of turmoil, a false Ashlan has emerged bringing with him disorder and chaos. We also follow the adventures of the last king of Narnia (Tirian) who throughout his adventure is accompanied by Poggin the dwarf, his faithful friend Jewel the unicorn, Eustace, Jill and the Pevensie siblings.
I started this book with high expectations since it was the last of all the chronicles series, but to be honest I found it quite meh. I found the ending that C.S. Lewis chose for this wonderful world extremely curious and at the same time quite disappointing.
In this novel you find a Narnia that is in danger and is in the middle of a great battle which, after all, is the battle between good and evil.
All the characters we meet throughout the saga return sooner or later to Narnia, well, it must be specified clearly. They all return except Susan, since she is more interested in "other things".
What I didn't quite understand is how at the end, it is explained that they died in our mundane world and are going to live happily ever after in the new Narnia. But where is Susan?
It' s true that later on it is explained that Susan will find her way back to Narnia and specifically to this new Narnia, but in the meantime all her family except Eustace parents have died and she remains in our mundane world.
Apart from the fact that I didn't like Susan's ending since she was one of my favorite characters, the book doesn't seem to improve much more.
The ending had me a bit shocked. Narnia ceases to exist so that everyone who decides to follow Ashlan ends up back in Narnia, but of course, this is a new Narnia.The explanation given in the book is that all the worlds/countries are a copy or shadow of something in Ashlan's real world. I completely understand the reference and symbolism of this new Narnia with heaven and the way the door scene refers to the final judgment, i.e. the people/creatures that decide to follow Ashlan go to the new Narnia and the others go somewhere else.
In conclusion, I enjoyed the series. It is true that judging it as a whole I don´t believe it was wonderful, but it was entertaining. It is true that if my future self wants to reread them, I recommend her to take some time between books, since I ended up a little bit saturated at the end.
3.25 ⭐