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4.14 AVERAGE
4.14 AVERAGE
That was...weird. Good, but weird. I'm just not sure how well the retelling of a Greek tale lends itself to Christian symbolism, which was what Lewis did. The fact that the tale was put in a much more obviously realistic world than Narnia didn't help. Some of the symbolism was top notch, but some of it was confusing and discomfiting, because if Lewis was saying what I thought he was, I didn't agree with him at all. The symbolism just wasn't as clear cut as Narnia, perhaps because it's not a children's book, and that made it a lot more difficult to interpret Lewis's meaning most of the time. I feel like it would help to just sit down with Lewis and have a chat about his intentions.
adventurous
emotional
mysterious
reflective
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
“memory, once waked, will play the tyrant.”
hopeful
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
medium-paced
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Amazing. I wish I had read this years ago and I will surely be thinking about it for years to come.
I just wrote about my thoughts on this wonderful book!
http://thescooponbookscag.blogspot.com/2015/05/a-tale-of-two-girls.html
http://thescooponbookscag.blogspot.com/2015/05/a-tale-of-two-girls.html
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
dark
emotional
hopeful
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Many others have written incomparable reviews, so I’ll leave mine short.
At first intimidating, Lewis’ Till We Have Faces is a beautifully heart wrenching story of the human soul, but ultimately our relationship with Christ.
From Joseph Pollard’s review: “I would definitely recommend this book to of-age unbelievers as well as believers, and I am even of the opinion that this story is an excellent book to recommend to unbelievers who enjoy good books but are not yet willing to take up God’s Word, because this story has an effect similar to that of a parable, of forcing “souls to speak, and knees to bow, and tongues to plead the blood that no one bleeds—the kind of blood that opens gates to welcome home the lowest thieves, the kind that gives us faces so we see what holy means.”1
They will see his face, and his name will be on their foreheads. (Rev 22:4)
Yahweh bless you and keep you;
Yahweh make his face to shine upon you and be gracious to you;
Yahweh lift up his countenance upon you and give you peace. (Num 6:24–26)”
(Joseph Pollard, February 8, 2024, https://heidelblog.net/2024/02/review-c-s-lewis-till-we-have-faces-1956-part-4/)
At first intimidating, Lewis’ Till We Have Faces is a beautifully heart wrenching story of the human soul, but ultimately our relationship with Christ.
From Joseph Pollard’s review: “I would definitely recommend this book to of-age unbelievers as well as believers, and I am even of the opinion that this story is an excellent book to recommend to unbelievers who enjoy good books but are not yet willing to take up God’s Word, because this story has an effect similar to that of a parable, of forcing “souls to speak, and knees to bow, and tongues to plead the blood that no one bleeds—the kind of blood that opens gates to welcome home the lowest thieves, the kind that gives us faces so we see what holy means.”1
They will see his face, and his name will be on their foreheads. (Rev 22:4)
Yahweh bless you and keep you;
Yahweh make his face to shine upon you and be gracious to you;
Yahweh lift up his countenance upon you and give you peace. (Num 6:24–26)”
(Joseph Pollard, February 8, 2024, https://heidelblog.net/2024/02/review-c-s-lewis-till-we-have-faces-1956-part-4/)