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One of the best Narnias yet
I would say that next to maybe The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe. With a mostly new set of characters except for the original Eustace and Aslan along with a little bit from Caspain, it does not fail to keep my interest in the series. <
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>I will continue this series and finish it, next moving onto a more later aged book that does not involve so much song and dance, which is one of the things that I did not like in every book of Narnia. <
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>I would recomend this book for any of those of younger ages than 11, or 12.

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THe Silver Chair
When Eustace and Jill are called back to Narnia for a new, and more challenging mission than ever before, their imaginations start to work. They find out that it is their duty to find and rescue the long lost Prince Rilian, who has been lost for ages. They must follow the clues left by the mystical lion ruler of Narnia, Aslan, and use their instinct and knowledge of the creatures that live there in order to crack the mystery of the long lost Prince. Their adventures take them through many challenges, secrets, and hair-raising moments to the underground land of the core of the Earth. Ruled by the evil Emerald Witch, the underground city is filled with despair, and the Price is under a terrible spell. With the help of Puddleglum, a funny and energetic Marshwiggle, the kids finally decode the clues left by Aslan and rush to save Rilian before it is too late. The children will learn to trust one-another, and the friends around them, as well as the majestic ruler of Narnia, Aslan. With action, adventure, and deception, The Silver Chair is a definite must for all Lewis fans. This book is one of the best in the series.

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Unlikable Characters & Downbeat Tone Make This One a Dud.
"The Silver Chair" was the 4th book that C. S. Lewis wrote in the "Chronicles of Narnia" children's fantasy series. It's the 6th book if you are reading chronologically. This story takes place only a few weeks after "The Voyage of the Dawn Treader" in our time, while nearly 70 years have passed in Narnia. Eustace Scrubb, who accompanied his cousins the Pevensies on their final Narnian adventure, is back at school and longing to be back in Narnia. In this case, wishes come true. He and classmate Jill Pole are whisked into the magical world while trying to evade some school bullies. There, Aslan assigns Eustace and Jill a vital task: Find the missing Prince Rilian of Narnia who must inherit the throne from his aged father King Caspian the Tenth. Aslan could not have chosen a less suitable pair for the job. Aslan provides 4 signs to aid them in their quest, and the kids muff nearly all of them. If not for the company of an terminally pessimistic Marsh-wiggle named Puddleglum, they might not get far. <
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>For some inscrutable reason, C. S. Lewis abandoned the idea that protagonists should be likable or sympathetic in "The Silver Chair". Eustace and Jill are inept and whiny. This is surprising, since Lewis made Eustace likable in "The Voyage of the Dawn Treader", yet the boy is in a foul mood throughout this book for no apparent reason. He's not even the know-it-all brat that he was when he first set foot in the magical world; it might help if he were. Eustace displays no intellect whatsoever in "The Silver Chair". And he is almost invariably referred to by his surname "Scrubb". Supposedly this is because the students refer to one another by surnames at school. But I see no reason for the narrator to do it. The effect is to separate this Eustace almost completely from the character we came to know in "The Voyage of the Dawn Treader". So the reader must criss-cross the magical world with two rather stupid peevish youngsters and a marsh creature. The novel is decidedly down-tempo until the last few chapters. <
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>Further, C. S. Lewis' reactionary nature comes through too clearly in "The Silver Chair". I dismissed his spiteful remarks about "vegetarians, non-smokers, and teetotallers" in "The Voyage of the Dawn Treader" as silliness. But a pattern is emerging. In "The Silver Chair", he attacks co-educational schools and their headmasters. Lewis directs such venom at things so trivial that I question his motives -and possibly his sanity. Spite doesn't have any place in books for young children, except perhaps as the subject of one of Lewis' famous morality lessons. Maybe this explains why Lewis wrote Eustace and Jill to be so dislikeable. In any case, he wrote "The Silver Chair" while in some sort of snit.