Narnia gives me a lot of FEELINGS too, though rather more conflicted. I've never gone back to reread, as I suspect I would be rather disillusioned with the whole allegory aspect. Also, I will never ever get over Susan being left behind and losing everything. There's just no consolation for that.
I also hate the whole train crash thing, because I've never been entirely satisfied with the sense that only Narnia is Real and Important while England and everything the Pevensies do there is inconsequential. While I have problems with Pullman's His Dark Materials series, I did much prefer Pullman's alternative of humans building a Republic of Heaven in the here and now.
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I also hate the whole train crash thing, because I've never been entirely satisfied with the sense that only Narnia is Real and Important while England and everything the Pevensies do there is inconsequential. While I have problems with Pullman's His Dark Materials series, I did much prefer Pullman's alternative of humans building a Republic of Heaven in the here and now.