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A Severe Mercy: A Story of Faith, Tragedy and Triumph by Sheldon Vanauken

liann24's review against another edition

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5.0

Most important book I've ever read. Still.

cpruskee's review

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emotional hopeful reflective sad slow-paced

4.0

the_jesus_fandom's review against another edition

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3.0

The main characters were pretty annoying and had some very weird ideas about God and philosophy.
But I read the book for the C.S. Lewis content, and that didn't disappoint.

mshoyer's review

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hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

jbrundage's review against another edition

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5.0

Well damn. Incredible book and story, I have a lot of thoughts about this book, but this is not the medium for it. Very interesting light to see C.S. Lewis in, and a great story overall.

shawnnaski's review

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emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad

5.0

davidrallenjr's review against another edition

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4.0

Although at times I found the author to be mildly obsessive, I thought the most thoughtful, compelling argument in his book to be what I will title "The Argument for Eternity:"

"...if we complain of time and take such joy in the seemingly timeless moment, what does that suggest? It suggests that we have not always been or will not always be purely temporal creatures. It suggests that we were created for eternity. Not only are we harried by time, we seem unable, despite a thousand generations, even to get used to it. We are always amazed at it -- how fast it goes, how slowly it goes, how much of it is gone. Where, we cry, has time gone? We aren't adapted to it, not at home in it. If that is so, it may appear as a proof, or at least a powerful suggestion, that eternity exists and is our home."

legalois's review against another edition

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emotional inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

4.5

slahlum's review

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5.0


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rachremmes's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful inspiring slow-paced

4.75