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A review by lizshayne
Perelandra by C.S. Lewis
challenging
reflective
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.0
*hangs head in utter shame* Would you believe me if I said I had forgotten how Christian this book is?
Because out of the silent planet was weird, but it's a specific kind of exploratory weird - Lewis is playing out Crescas's basic argument that a god who is good and delights in god's creatures would not confine intelligence to this one little ball of rock.
In Perelandra, he embarks on a project deeply familiar to Narnia readers and recreates the conditions of the fall. And what he does with it is WILD.
If OOTSP is me thinking "oh, we're not all that different", Perelandra is "Oh YES we are."
On the other hand, sucker-punching satan feels very Jewish.
Also it's delightful to revisit this book after 16 years, knowing what I know about Lewis and particularly his relationship with myths and mythology.
I think, though, that my reread of the Space Trilogy ends here. Like Highlander, some sequels are not speakable
Because out of the silent planet was weird, but it's a specific kind of exploratory weird - Lewis is playing out Crescas's basic argument that a god who is good and delights in god's creatures would not confine intelligence to this one little ball of rock.
In Perelandra, he embarks on a project deeply familiar to Narnia readers and recreates the conditions of the fall. And what he does with it is WILD.
If OOTSP is me thinking "oh, we're not all that different", Perelandra is "Oh YES we are."
On the other hand, sucker-punching satan feels very Jewish.
Also it's delightful to revisit this book after 16 years, knowing what I know about Lewis and particularly his relationship with myths and mythology.
I think, though, that my reread of the Space Trilogy ends here. Like Highlander, some sequels are not speakable