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A review by samuel_peterson
The Voyage of the Dawn Treader by C.S. Lewis
4.0
Audiobook. 6hrs 20mins
This was CS Lewis's biblically-themed "Odyssey" tribute. And it worked well
Taking place again in that magical land called Narnia, Lewis tells the story of the Dawn Treader, the glorious dragon-shaped vessel of the now-navigating-again King Caspian and his crew. This book was rich with imagination and whimsy while leading the reader along an extended-metaphor of a Christian's journey through life in pursuit of the Kingdom of God.
As the Dawn Treader encounters the numerous mysterious islands in its path to the farthest reaches of the world, the characters uncover all kinds of dangers which test their resolve to resist the dangers of greed, vanity, deception, and darkness (to name a few). When they are met with such a challenge, Aslan makes himself known to steer them back onto the ship and onwards toward his country.
Lewis obviously portrays these islands as metaphors to the deceiver's temptations which Christian believers face each day and the Truth that regardless of how far the Kingdom may seem, Jesus is with us. He is strengthening, reminding, and encouraging us on as we strive to reach Him.
In the end, I love what Aslan says to Lucy that she must look for him in her own world; he goes by another name there and you must get to know him.
Lucy cannot return to Narnia, but will again meet the LION.
This was CS Lewis's biblically-themed "Odyssey" tribute. And it worked well
Taking place again in that magical land called Narnia, Lewis tells the story of the Dawn Treader, the glorious dragon-shaped vessel of the now-navigating-again King Caspian and his crew. This book was rich with imagination and whimsy while leading the reader along an extended-metaphor of a Christian's journey through life in pursuit of the Kingdom of God.
As the Dawn Treader encounters the numerous mysterious islands in its path to the farthest reaches of the world, the characters uncover all kinds of dangers which test their resolve to resist the dangers of greed, vanity, deception, and darkness (to name a few). When they are met with such a challenge, Aslan makes himself known to steer them back onto the ship and onwards toward his country.
Lewis obviously portrays these islands as metaphors to the deceiver's temptations which Christian believers face each day and the Truth that regardless of how far the Kingdom may seem, Jesus is with us. He is strengthening, reminding, and encouraging us on as we strive to reach Him.
In the end, I love what Aslan says to Lucy that she must look for him in her own world; he goes by another name there and you must get to know him.
Lucy cannot return to Narnia, but will again meet the LION.