Now, be honest...

[The Spanish Inquisition]

Who cried while reading this?

I do. A bit. :D

[Lady of Narnia]

I cried oceans!!! :D

[EveningStar]

A bit, yes. Right at the end. Under life circumstances that would explain a lot, actually, but I shan't go into that here.

I think it's like that with a lot of happy/sad books. A lot depends on how your life is going when you're reading them.

[Aravis_yanes]

Yes I'd cried at the end :(, one because it had finish, second because I'll love to be in a place like Narnia :D and thrird because of Susan (she's one of my favorite characters) I didn't like she stood out of Narnia, and fourth I don't have a fourth :D

[inkspot]

Of course, who could read it and not cry? I cry every time when we get to the part about the ShadowLands and the term is over and the holidays have begun ...

[MrBob]

I didnt cry, but I was stunned speechless. After ending his other books so nicely, it was a shock that this one had such a happy, yet sad ending.

MrBob

[kingcaspian]

I didnt cry, but I was stunned speechless. After ending his other books so nicely, it was a shock that this one had such a happy, yet sad ending.

MrBob

I could sort of agree with you, Bob. I was saddened for most of the book, but the end kind of evens the entire story out.

[Tsukiko]

Well, to be honest; No.
I dont cry while reading books--I never really have.

But it did make me feel sad inside...with all the ways the Narnians were being so harshly treated. :(

Um...if you're mainly pertaining to the ending, it didnt make me sad much at all. :p

[MRW]

Not the first time. I don't remember my reaction the second time. Third time through was actually the Focus on the Family radio drama, and it took everything I had not to cry when Reepicheep came through the gates to lead them into Aslan's country. I just wish Lewis had spent a bit more time on Lucy and Tumnus' reunion.

[Josh]

I didnt cry, but I was stunned speechless. After ending his other books so nicely, it was a shock that this one had such a happy, yet sad ending.

MrBob


Thats what I felt. It was sad to see the End of Narnia, but happy to see all the characters go to Aslan's Country.

But I really hate Susan not going into Narnia. That made me rather annoyed. She should have still believed.

[Aravis_yanes]

Thats what I felt. It was sad to see the End of Narnia, but happy to see all the characters go to Aslan's Country.

But I really hate Susan not going into Narnia. That made me rather annoyed. She should have still believed.

I think Susan still believed in Narnia and later she went back to Narnia it would be so sad if she stood here, unfurtunately we'll never know...

[queenaravis707]

It was more of a happy moment when they all went to Narnia to stay, so I didn't cry.
Susan, however, I thought, represented people who 'grow out' of things. Just goes to show that if you think you're too big for some stuff you might miss out on a whole lot... it bothered me, but C.S. Lewis made a really good point out of that.

[Aravis_yanes]

Well you r right but I still wanted Susan to go into Narnia again

[queenaravis707]

I did too!! I was upset when she didn't, but I'm just saying that it was in the books in the first place to teach a lesson.

[Nightfire]

I don't normally cry while I'm reading, but that night when I was falling asleep I remembered and started tearing up.

[queenaravis707]

It was sad, but it takes a lot for me to cry. I felt kinda sad for Susan, but no tears.

[BarbarianKing]

I didn't actually cried, but from the very beginning I had this feeling of dread, that something terrible was going to happen. Possibly because of the way it starts... "In the last days of Narnia..." AAAAAHHHHHHH! There it is again, that feeling!!!!!!!
See what you've done? Now I do feel like crying!!!

[The Spanish Inquisition]

It wasn't that it was sad that makes me choke up...it's only that it's so darn...beautiful, I guess. All the happy reunions...
The last paragraph especially gets me. It gives me hope that the world is not lost.

[inkspot]

Right -- I did cry a bit when the dwarves turned against everyone at the last battle and were shooting the horses ... that was just heart-breaking.

But mostly it's tears of joy when Aslan announces that the term is over and the holiday has begun, and Lewis says things started happening that he can't describe ... gah, I am getting tears in my eyes now!

[The Spanish Inquisition]

But mostly it's tears of joy when Aslan announces that the term is over and the holiday has begun, and Lewis says things started happening that he can't describe ... gah, I am getting tears in my eyes now!

*sniffles*
Shut up.
You're going to get me started...

[inkspot]

*sniffles*
Shut up.
You're going to get me started...
LOL!

We are traveling, so I don't have the book with me, or else I would quote that passage and everyone would be in tears ...

[The Spanish Inquisition]

LOL!

We are traveling, so I don't have the book with me, or else I would quote that passage and everyone would be in tears ...

Good.
Because then my keyboard'd short-circut..

[NarnianBandGeek]

I don't usually cry at books or movies. But I did get teary-eyed at the end of this one...because it had to end, and nearly all the characters are dead (even if they are in Aslan's country, it still was hard), and because Susan didn't end up there.

Which always makes me cry. I wonder why Lewis did that...

[inkspot]

He wanted to show that sometimes the people who try the hardest to be "grown-up" end up looking the most childish after all?

Welcome, Band Geek. I didn't see you post before. :)

[QueenSusanofNarnia]

I cried so hard, I cannot even say. It was awful.
I was sobbing for like, a year.

[Mozart the Meerkitten]

I'll get back to you when I read the books again. I have never cried during Narnia or any book as far as I can remeber.:). I might this time though.;)

[Mozart the Meerkitten]

I don't usually cry at books or movies. But I did get teary-eyed at the end of this one...because it had to end, and nearly all the characters are dead (even if they are in Aslan's country, it still was hard), and because Susan didn't end up there.

Which always makes me cry. I wonder why Lewis did that...

Because it makes sense Susan would. I always thought though Susan did still come back to Narnia, eventualy. :)

[NarnianBandGeek]

He wanted to show that sometimes the people who try the hardest to be "grown-up" end up looking the most childish after all?

Welcome, Band Geek. I didn't see you post before. :)

That makes sense. So much of everything requires childlike faith, which is something Susan always had trouble with. I still cry though, because I really did like her until I realized that she had actually forgotten Narnia.

[QueenSusanofNarnia]

The saddest bit about Susan not dying for me is that everyone she truly loves - her siblings, etc. - all died, and she's alone. And though it's possible she ends up in Aslan's country with the rest, it's still possible that she doesn't. So I wish that Lewis left some sort of indication for us Susanites. ;) It would have been much more comforting letting the series go that way than it is not knowing.

[The Branch]

I'm secure enough in my manliness to admit. I cried like baby at the end of this book. But they were sweet tears, and this is the only book I've ever actually shed tears upon reading. Definitely teared up with others, but not like this. I held it together until the last paragraph, which several other people mentioned. The hope of that is just so beautiful. Related to the whole "hopes being fulfilled" theme, anyone ever read Till We Have Faces?

[skandar_hh10]

I must read TLB again!!!! I don't remember. I was just a tyke when I first read TLB.

[fishbulb4F18]

I did not leak. But my eyes... moistened... slightly.

[inkspot]

Welcome, Fishbulb. I didn't see you post before.

I always cry when I read TLB ...
And n the HP series, when I read DH.
And sometimes in the LOTR series at ROTK, but not always.

[dawnpatrol]

The Last Battle = no

When Old Yeller got shot = yes

[alexandrareedy-donaldson]

The last battle did not make me cry.. until I found out that they'd died and I realised how terrible it would be for Susan with her whole family dieing.

Then I cried, but that was really my imagination as opposed to the actual book.

[Narborg]

Only a little, but enoght to say yes....

[wildflower]

Yeah, I cried at the end of TLB. It had such a beautiful ending. I was happy because all of them (exept for Susan) got to be together in Aslan's country. I especially like when Lucy gets to talk to Mr. Tumnus again. :)
It made me sad though to think of Susan losing all of her family and being alone.

[NarniaGirl12]

*sniffle* Yes, I cried. All eleven times I read the book. Mainly the thing that made me sad was realizing they were all dead and Susan wasn't with them, but the other thing was that the adventures were over and it was such a beautiful ending. Every single time I finished the book I would come out of my room with tears streaming down my face and my mom would be like, "What's wrong?!" And then I would choke out, "Narnia...." and everyone around me would groan and go back to what they were doing. :p

[Jenn1]

I can't remember, it's been some time ago since I read the Last Battle. Though I've read it more then once. I didn't cry I'm pretty sure. I somehow didn't like the end, I mean I did somewhat. I know that they are all in Aslan's country, but they had to die to be there. And I'm not going to start on Susan. I guess I just wish the books would have gone on and on. :)

[inkspot]

Ah, yes, that would have been swell, if they had gone on and on ... But Lewis went on ot Aslan's country, too ...