PC is invariably an also-ran among the Narnia books: in both the movies and the books sales, LWW is #1, TVDT is #2, and PC is #3. But I think it has a lot of good points that aren't readily apparent until one has read all of them.

I think you might like a lot about Narnia, actually. I'd certainly be interested to hear your take on the books, should you ever read the rest--they're all quite short.