This series is lucky to rate as high as it does from me, given that I've just finished my reread with The Last Battle, which sent me, as always, into paroxysms of absolute rage. I have fond childhood memories of Narnia, but no matter how much I love The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe or The Horse and His Boy, no series ever containing that execrable piece of crap will ever get five stars from me.

As a whole, the series had some extraordinarily good moments but it could also be fairly uneven, with some of its parts being significantly better (or worse) than others.