The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis

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Narnia... a land frozen in eternal winter... a country waiting to be set free.
Four adventurers step through a wardrobe door and into the land of Narnia - a land enslaved by the power of the White Witch. But when almost all hope is lost, the return of the Great Lion, Aslan, signals a great change... and a great sacrifice.
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Having only ever seen the films and heard others opinions, I didn't quite know what to expect from The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe.

It's a quick and quite enjoyable read. It's very obviously a children's book, but you can feel its relations to the grandness of Lewis' good friend Tolkien. If it was published for the first time today, it wouldn't receive any recognition, but in 1950 it was ground-breaking and fantastic.

I was quite surprised at how strong the religious/Christian parallels are in the book. I had heard of it, but seeing very little of it in the films I didn't think any more of it. In the book, Aslan is very much painted as the saviour, but thankfully the book is still readable*, and overall I liked the story.

203 pages (ePub) / published in 1950
Review by Iben Jakobsen, BoB, 2011

*You must forgive me, but I do not appreciate reading religious literature. I do not mind religion in books at all, as it can be a big vital element for a story and its characters. However, I will close a book if it starts preaching.