Reviews tagging 'Xenophobia'

The Last Battle by C.S. Lewis

22 reviews

byrenical's review

adventurous medium-paced

2.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, and Sexism

Moderate: Xenophobia

stirlingluci's review against another edition

emotional fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

0.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism and Xenophobia

Moderate: Sexism

venti's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.5

ngl i did get a little teary eyed at

“The difference between the old Narnia and the new Narnia was like that. The new one was a deeper country: every rock and flower and blade of grass looked as if it meant more. I can't describe it any better than that: if you ever get there you will know what I mean”

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death and Death

Moderate: Racism and Xenophobia

abby_can_read's review against another edition

adventurous medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

🎧
I've enjoyed the entire series, and I struggled with this book. It was darker compared to previous books, though overall I did enjoy reading it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Xenophobia

Moderate: Animal death, Misogyny, and Sexism

Minor: Racial slurs

rakkaussipsi's review against another edition

adventurous

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism, and Xenophobia

lizziaha's review against another edition

1.0

It’s been said before but truly I could not focus on anything except the BLATANT racism in this book, ft. our beloved heroes doing blackface, “darkies” (lewis’s word, not mine) worshipping a god that is revealed to be a demon, and an evil ape (really the racist symbolism is so transparent) creating a fake Aslan for his own gain. I see what c.s. lewis is doing, and it infuriates me. As someone who was raised Christian, i found the rhetoric in this book deeply distasteful. Being intimately familiar with Christian beliefs, i just can’t stop thinking about how this book could be so much better. The ending felt like the biggest cop out ever,

the end of the world of narnia

felt rushed and also i felt like it wasn’t a true representation of biblical end times. And don’t even get me started on Susan 😤

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, Slavery, Islamophobia, and Murder

Moderate: Animal death, Violence, Xenophobia, and War

fragrant_stars's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

Definitely a darker tone than the earlier books... as an adult, it's a little uncomfortable to read the racism and xenophobia in these books-- I don't believe CS Lewis had any malicious intent when he wrote these tropes, but.. you know. Still uncomfortable. All in all though, I think it was a decent wrapup to the Narnia series, and I'm happy I was able to enjoy these books as a young child.

BTW Susan didn't enter Aslan's kingdom in the end because she was.... you know..... still alive......... Smartassery aside it's very clear in-text that Susan doesn't go to Aslan's kingdom because she doesn't really want to go. She doesn't even believe it exists. She's so obsessed with being a part of the Grown Up Club that she's too proud to believe in fairytales. It's not about the lipsticks nylons and boys. CS Lewis himself says that he thinks that it's not too late for Susan to grow up and realise it's okay to indulge in "silly" and "childish" things and come back to Narnia again someday.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and War

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, Confinement, Death, Racism, Violence, Xenophobia, Car accident, and Death of parent

raewats's review against another edition

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racism and Xenophobia

Blackface is utilised by the protagonists as a way to disguise themselves

annaofjesup's review

adventurous hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Xenophobia, Islamophobia, and War

Minor: Animal death, Child death, Grief, and Alcohol

esme_may's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

1.5

This book was so unbelievably racist. It deals with the Calormenes very badly and constantly presents Asian as the ‘right’ god to believe in. It only manages to be better than The Horse and His Boy by not being painfully boring

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism, Xenophobia, and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Misogyny, Sexism, Slavery, Violence, Murder, and War

Minor: Sexual content and Alcohol