The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (1952)

The voyage of the Dawn treader is about Lucy and Edmond living with their intolerable cousin Eustace.He does not believe in Narnia at all, and thinks and Lucy have made up their own secret imaginary country. He does not know that Narnia is real and Lucy in Edmond have been to it already two times. Somehow the three children all get transported into Narnia in a magical way. And Eustace will have to deal with it and all the adventures that will come. It is an amazing story and I love how Lucy in Edmond come back again and meet Caspian the prince that they met in the last book. I love adventure and in this book they have to defeat some dark in the world that is trying to take over Narnia. I hope you enjoy this book! ( )

This book was much more interesting than the first two in the Narnia series. There weren't any battles and there wasn't any real fighting. The main characters still had lots of adventures, but they were fun, exciting adventures rather than kill-the-bad-guys adventures. ( )

One of my favorites of the series.
If I could pick one out of the lot to read right now it would be this. Then Horse & His Boy..

My fave part of the book is when they meet the dufflepods & lucy finds the big book &
also when eustace 'changes' (I wont divulge anymore for those who havent read it yet)


I love this story because they have so many different adventures.

Eustace is annoyingly funny - reepicheep is awesome but I love lucy the best :) dont know why.. oh Caspian is an agreeably annoying ass lol ( )

For years, my favorite book in the Chronicles has hovered between this one and The Last Battle, but I think as an adult, I appreciate this one the most. What I love:

-seeing a slightly more grown-up, but still young, Lucy and Edmund
-Seeing Caspian after he's been used to being King for a few years
- The separate adventures of each island
-Eustace. He provides some humor before his transformation, and his transformation to a dragon back to a redeemed boy is one of my all-time favorites(though it's still second to Edmund's in The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe)
-Goldwater/Deathwater island. Perhaps the island that's always stuck with me the most.

And the "life on sea" parts were really enjoyable too, as well as Lucy's adventure with the magician and the spells. That was my favorite part as a child.

Overall, I think this is probably also the FUNNEST book in the series. All the seperate adventures make it a pretty thrilling read. Hate the movie adaption though. ( )

Putting on my 'Childhood Favorites' shelf is a misnomer, as I never read this as a child. Again, with the silly Christian undertones. Then end where Aslan tells Lucy she will never return to Narnia (riiiiiiight) but she will know him under another name in her own world, that's why she had to meet him in Narina... hmmm... what could that name be?

I think it's nearly criminal to feed such loosely veiled propaganda to our (any!) unknowing child. If Christianity is the 'One True Faith' then children will find it (as cognizant adults) without being duped or brainwashed. Ick.
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