Jiandan Wong Wong itibaren Kirazoğlu Köyü, 06860 Kirazoğlu Köyü/Haymana/Ankara, Türkiye itibaren Kirazoğlu Köyü, 06860 Kirazoğlu Köyü/Haymana/Ankara, Türkiye

I don't know what it is about this particular book, but it's always the hardest for me to get through when I reread the Narnia series. There are a lot of good messages in it, and I love the ending when Eustace, Jill, and Caspian repay the bullies at Eustace and Jill's school, but it's still hard for this one to keep my interest.

This one was a bit hard for me to rate. I actually sat next to Pon at a book signing once; one of the things she mentioned about this book was that it had a lot of "fantasy." But I think what Pon really meant was that it is a very MYTHICAL type of fantasy. It felt very much like a "Greek-Hero's-Journey" but set in China with a female protagonist. Pon was really able to capture the "Asian spirit" perfectly. Her descriptions of food, the language/dialogue/scenery really made me feel as if I was watching a scene unfold from "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon." So why the 2 stars? I guess it really just boils down to the content. I wasn't interested in a "greek-type" of story: the protagonist fighting these bizarre mythical creatures one after another with visits to deity...I'm thinking "Jason and the Argonauts" or "Clash of the Titans." Some of the creatures were really bizarre: (view spoiler). There was no explanation of where Ai Ling's power came from or who this "Silver Phoenix" person is. For my taste, there was just too much myth to it and a little too bizarre. CAUTION SIGN: there is a rape scene in it that was described a little bit too sensually.