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4.14 AVERAGE
4.14 AVERAGE
adventurous
emotional
mysterious
sad
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Till We Have Faces by CS Lewis - (5/5) the Greek myth of Cupid and Psyche retold. An ugly girl loses her beautiful sister to a god and convinces her to spy on him. He finds out and punishes her. The ugly sister grieves forever and hates the gods for misleading her.
challenging
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
mysterious
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Content Warnings
Graphic: Violence
challenging
dark
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
The beginning was great but as the book went on, it became very difficult to understand if you were not familiar with the original tales. The deeper meaning from CS takes a while to parse through
adventurous
dark
emotional
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
This book truly belongs in 6 star territory. One of the most rewarding reads - it is hard, emotional, dark and dreary for the first 3/4ths of the book. Orual’s character is so well developed and is one of the most powerful first person narratives I can think of. She is desperately unlikeable - a true slave to her selfishness with a twisted view of love. The prose, the plot, the twists, the allegory, the descriptions, the redemption… it’s so grandiose and awe-inspiring that I had a hard time falling asleep after finishing. It’s also haunting - I am so impressed by how well Lewis develops an aversion within you to Ungit, even down to the choice of the name itself. So much resonated within me - love can be so selfish. How easy it is to make ourselves believe what we want to believe - to deceive ourselves into positions of righteousness when our hearts are hard as stone. And yet. A mostly selfish love still had enough pure components to tie Psyche to Orual so that Orual could bear her burdens - we all have a piece of Divine Love within us.
There's reading the Space Trilogy because you liked the Narnia books, and then there's reading Till We Have Faces because you liked the other two. It's a much bigger leap, in my opinion.
challenging
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
emotional
reflective
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Sometimes hard to keep track of given the names but overall really good. You can see his wife’s influence. Zero peppers.
dark
medium-paced
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes