A review by brogan7
The Last Battle by C.S. Lewis

adventurous relaxing tense medium-paced

2.5

The reason I read this book was because of the opening pages, depicting a relationship between a narcissist (monkey) and his henchman (a donkey).  I wanted to know how that played out; what the donkey learned; whether he withstood the persuasions of someone who wasn't a friend at all...but none of that was delivered in the book.
(Eventually I kept reading because I also wanted to know if the animals discovered the monkey's ruse of pretending Aslan had returned.)
But overall, pfff.  A strange monotheistic tale of the glory of death, what a curious religion Christianity is!
Also, who could fail to notice the Calormenes are all "dark" (as well as evil)...

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