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I don't know why people dislike THE LAST BATTLE. Too Christian I guess.

• djur 3y ago
  Nah, Dawn Treader is extremely Christian and it's my second favorite. I just don't think it tells a very engaging story. It's a static narrative that spends most of its time in the same few places. A lot of the major events happen somewhere else and you learn about them secondhand. The Calormenes are just as embarrassing as they ever were. The main antagonist is an ape. It just doesn't hold a candle to the previous grand adventures. Frankly, if a lot more of the book was like the overtly Christian apocalyptic stuff near the end I'd prefer it.
  • kijin 3y ago
    I think Lewis was trying a little too hard in The Last Battle to produce the perfect allegory, and couldn't come up with a compelling story to wrap it with. He was working under much higher expectations than when he first started the series, and getting the "apocalyptic stuff" wrong would have been a surefire way to make a lot of Christians angry. It certainly doesn't help that, by this point, the reader expects an epic battle of Tolkienesque proportions. Instead we are given a talk show adaptation of the Book of Revelations.