Customer Reviews
Another bad book in this series that started so well - By: D. R. Cantrell, 14 Oct 2008 
Despite not liking the previous book, I'm still soldiering on. This is just as poor. While the story is more of a coherent whole, it has nothing like the charm & inventiveness of the first three booksin the series - which is odd, given that The Magician's Nephew & The Horse And His Boy, while being the first & third chronologically are the 5th & 6thin order of publication - & one of the key plot points is clumsily telegraphed very early on, when it should have been left as a "To Serve Man" twistin the tale. Even less worth bothering with than the previous book, although it's thankfully a little less preachy.
Dark and tense - By: Star_Sea, 26 Feb 2005 
This is probably my favourite of the Narnia books, because nearly everything goes wrong. It starts with Jill cryingin the shrubbery because she's being bullied; then Jill & Eustace go on the run from said bullies; even when they get to Narnia, the situation doesn't improve.
Unlike "Voyage of the Dawntreader", where Lucy, Edmund & Eustace were given a royal welcome & found themselvesin a safe environment, "Silver Chair" harks back to "Prince Caspian". Just as the Pevensie children found themselves legends & unsupportedin a land torn apart by civil war, Jill & Eustace are alone, with only Aslan's clues to guide them. Again,in contrast to "Voyage", there is barely any human interaction before they begin their quest - it is the animals & the creatures of Narnia who aid them. Puddleglum has got to be one of Lewis's best characters, because we all know someone like him - & the best bit is that he's considered 'cheerful' by the standards of his kind! The three of them have to journey out of Narnia, through giant country to find Rillian, meanwhile contending with the weather, the inhabitants & their own failings. I personally found the Green Lady far mroe unnerving than the White Witch ever was...
The silver chair - By: Matthew Haverty, 15 Apr 2003 
This is the penultimate bookin the chronicles of Narnia, where Eustace Scrubb & Jill Pole (someone from Eustace's school) run away & find themselvesin Narnia where they meet Aslan. They are appointed a task: to find the king Caspian's son who was kidnapped as a child. The king is old & his only heir has been taken away from him. A marshwiggle (Puddleglum) offers his helpin the quest.
They go overground & undergroundin desparation to find the prince, eventually they find him, butin the most unlikely place...
A book full of danger & excitement which should only be read if you have read the books that come before it.
