I can still remember how enthralled I've been when first watching The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, the 2005 film version. Back then, I was a young boy easily enchanted by stories of strong fantasy creatures divided into good and evil, and that's basically the target audience this book has been written for. After watching the movie, I immediately went to my primary school's library and borrowed "The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe". While I rewatched the movie several times afterwards, I never returned to the novel itself and didn't remember quite much about it until today. To be honest, I didn't even notice the existence of six sequels, although I remember having watched at least some parts of "Prince Caspian", the second part of the movie trilogy. This afternoon, I came across a copy of this first volume of the "Chronicles of Narnia", and decided to reread it in order to prepare for reading the six other books. I've heard they are pretty easy to read and, in addition, not too long, so it should be a bearable decision for my reading habits. 
 As to "The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe", the novel can be considered to be a classic depiction of characters divided into good and evil for the sake of its younger readers. I don't know why that's even the case - I do not in the least appreciate one-dimensional villains and/or good characters to root for. In fact, C.S. Lewis made it pretty easy to decide from early on which characters are the ones to be loved and which are the ones to be hated by his readers. But neither Aslan nor the White Witch - both of them can be considered to be the two huge forces of this novel - were characters in their own right; they were stereotypes, the noble king with the generous heart, and the evil, manipulating witch with her deadly abilities. Nobody else was allowed to have any kind of motivation for his/her deeds (apart from Edmund, perhaps), their single justification for being existent in the story was Lewis' need for characters to support either the good or the evil ones. 
 Yet, apart from these factors, I still enjoyed the story. Lewis managed to create a magnificient fantasy world, and I easily remember how much I admired the world-building and the entire story as a child. C.S. Lewis created a world of magic, and for every child who is interested in magical fantasy worlds and literary children escaping into unknown, foreign countries, this is a novel to be recommended.