The very good—it introduces kids to the Bible—especially kids who have no idea that they’re reading “Bible stories”—retold in a fantasy setting.
Silly H’wood actors trying to babble on about how it’s not specifically about Christian ideas, when it very expressly is and unapologetically anti-Mus—er—Calormene.
Of course, Susan didn’t die young in the railway accident, so there’s always hope for her—but a sequel about her and hopefully her kids would have been nice. There’s also some literary criticism about borrowing a little much from Edith Nesbit’s works. But overall, I’m splitting hairs.
At the beginning of “The Magician’s Nephew”, Lewis gives a tip of the hat to E. Nesbit - I’m quoting from memory, but he says something like, “Mr. Sherlock Holmes was still living in Baker Street, and the Bastable children were hunting for treasure in the Lewisham Road.”