![]() I was on my umpteenth re-read of the series, and I was trying to nail down my favorite Narnia book once and for all. It was my least favorite, too, until about five years ago. Both of these stories are perhaps the most grim and serious of The Chronicles of Narnia, and yet Prince Caspian, with its tale of Narnia’s liberation and all of the revelry that comes with it, consistently takes the crown for least favorite. The latter is an unsettling tale of Narnia’s apocalypse, despite the radiant beauty of its ending. ![]() The former is a journey into severe, remote places and psychological darkness. The two books that tend to rank above it are The Silver Chair and The Last Battle. If you poll readers about their favorite Narnia book, there’s one result that’s almost always constant: Prince Caspian is, on average, the least popular among fans. For most of my years as a Narnia fan, it was ranked last! What changed, and why is ranking Prince Caspian as the “worst” Narnia book so common? I’m one of the rare Narnians who considers Prince Caspian: The Return to Narnia to be her favorite Narnia book, but this wasn’t always the case. ![]() The Rose-Tree Dryad shares her theory about why. ![]() Polls frequently show that Prince Caspian is the least popular book among readers of C.S. ![]()
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