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Suzannah Rowntree
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It's helpful to remember (in my unshakeable antipathy towards THE LAST BATTLE) that what different people find imaginatively satisfying and plausible may differ widely. Lewis had lived through two world wars and suffered greatly. To him TLB's temporal disaster remedied by heavenly healing likely did feel a lot more hopeful than it ever has to me. (Still think it could have been executed better!!!!!!!!)
— Jan 06, 2026 03:30PM
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Suzannah Rowntree
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why yes I AM trying to figure out how the medievals would have mapped the seven capital virtues onto each of the seven medieval planets, thanks to Lewis's strong association of Sol with liberality as against avarice in VDT
— Jan 02, 2026 05:01PM
Suzannah Rowntree
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Why am I vibing so hard with Mars though. Who could have seen this coming.
— Jan 01, 2026 05:17PM
Suzannah Rowntree
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I read this too fast the first time, and blow me down if I'm not reading it too fast the second time, too. But at least I'm taking notes this time. This book has SO MUCH to say about medievalism, literary craft and criticism, and Christianity.
— Dec 31, 2025 06:30PM
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Jan 06, 2026 04:37PM
Hahaha SAME !! They way in which I express my dislike of that book and yet also have little no memory of it… I think my brain did me a kindness and blocked it out. But also yes, I know people who like it and I try not to judge them for it because of my own personal view 😆
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I, too, have an unshakeable antipathy towards The Last Battle 😆 I have borne those scars for life!!
Haha I have evidently struck a nerve! Like, I understand and support what Lewis was aiming for in the book - all the Narnia books express one of the seven medieval planets and this was the Saturnine book about old age, suffering, and death. But the execution is problematic on so many levels, and the book was so traumatic as a child, that I cannot like it however much I try.
