I take from Laura Miller’s discussion that many people strongly dislike this book, but I liked it. For one, there were a lot of weird little theological bits I found interesting (the righteous heathen bit with Emeth at the end, e.g., or the way people cling to their theological slogans to make sense of troubling events– “He is not a tame lion”). Even the broader issue it centers around– the conundrum of those who claim to speak with JC’s name and authority– is treated in an interesting and earnest way (in a way that the didactic part of Prince Caspian, about faith, emphatically wasn’t). There were parts I didn’t like, parts that were egregiously problematic, and it doesn’t hang together particularly well as a story, I don’t think; but this– with its wild mise en abyme/further up and further in finale– felt like a fitting end to the series.