The fourth book in the Chronicles Of Narnia, Prince Caspian tries to recapture the magic of the first few books in the series, but comes up short.

Prince Caspian is not a bad book (in fact, it's leagues better than The Horse And His Boy); it's just a boring one. 

Truly, it's hard to review Prince Caspian in relation to the overarching Chronicles Of Narnia. Being the fourth chronologic book in the series, yet the 2nd published book, it's hard to place the book in proper time and space. In places where I felt praise should be given, mainly in the form of corrections that I feel were made from previous chronologic books, referred to books that had not even been written yet. It's all very convoluted, and at the end of the day, irrelevant, because my opinion on the fourth book in a 72 year old series doesn't mean too much.

If you've made it four books in to The Chronicles Of Narnia, whether you are read chronologically or by publication date, you know what to expect. Long-term protagonists Peter, Susan, Edmund, and Lucy are again at the forefront of the story and there is a nice, albeit BRIEF attempt to describe the sense of emotional displacement caused by feeling like they neither belong to England nor to Narnia. The titular Prince Caspian teases to be an intriguing character, but is bogged down by a poor supporting cast and ineffective narrative and jarring and disorienting flashbacks.

Prince Caspian is fine; boring, but fine.