Title: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
Author: CS Lewis
Series: Chronicles of Narnia #5 (chronological), #3 (published)
Genre: Fantasy (Middle Grade)
Pages: 288 Pages (Paperback)
Original Publication Date: 1952
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Summary from Goodreads
A voyage to the very ends of the world. Narnia … where a dragon awakens … where stars walk the earth … where anything can happen. A king and some unexpected companions embark on a voyage that will take them beyond all known lands. As they sail father and farther from charted waters, they discover that their quest is more than they imagined and that the world’s end is only the beginning.
My Thoughts
Prince Caspian: The Return to Narnia is still my favorite of the series, so far, but I enjoyed reading this story very much. I enjoyed all the adventures the characters had and all the people the characters met. At first, I didn’t like Eustace and he almost poisoned the book for me. But then, I started to ignore him and really enjoyed the story. Of course, it was very nice to see him change for the better as it made reading the book a bit more enjoyable. ;)
My favorite part about The Voyage of the Dawn Treader was how much Aslan was in this book. Sure, he was in the other four as well, but we didn’t see a lot of him. In The Magician’s Nephew, he doesn’t show up until about the middle of the book. And, again in The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, he doesn’t show up until a little after the middle of the book and the book focuses on the other characters until the stone table. In The Horse and His Boy, Aslan’s there a lot, but you don’t always realize it’s him until the end when he tells the characters it’s him. In Prince Caspian: The Return to Narnia, Aslan doesn’t show up until Lucy sees him. But, again the story focuses on other characters, so you don’t see much of him. Whereas, in The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, he’s there almost throughout the entire story.
Even though I know Lucy and Edmund find their way back to Narnia in the last book, I was pretty sad when Aslan told them they were too old to return. I’m very intrigued as to why they (and Peter) get to come back. I guess I’ll find out soon enough. ;) I’m also going to miss Reepicheep; I hope he somehow finds his way back into one or both of the last two books.