Maybe more like 1.5 stars...I didn't really like this one, maybe it was a bad choice reading this one first. I only know the stories of Narnia through the movies, I have never read the books. So I started with this one, and thinking of the story that I know from the movies, this part felt completely unnecessary. Like I said, maybe I shouldn't have read this one first. If I'd read it last I might have seen it as just a back story/prequel. 
 I had some serious issues with this book. I tried to read it/review it from a perspective of a younger version of myself. This seemed more fair to me given that 23-year olds are not exactly the target audience of this series. However, I then remembered that I did not have to try and do this when I read Harry Potter or when I read Percy Jackson #1. Those books are enjoyable for any age (although I'm not a super PJ fan and ended up not reading the rest of the series). I just found the characters in The Magician's Nephew very annoying. The adult characters come across as though they think that children are stupid/unintelligent. Also, I had the feeling that I was reading a fantasy version of a bible for children. This is not a positive thing from my point of. Honestly, I found the story boring and got tired of the characters going back and forth with the magical rings.