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A review by jhamm
The Pilgrim's Regress by C.S. Lewis
3.0
There’s a lot of brilliant ideas and symbols in this book, especially near the beginning and the end. But I feel like it’s not as focused as some of C. S. Lewis’s later works (The Great Divorce, The Screwtape Letters). As I was reading, the two things that kept coming to my mind were
A. It feels really, needlessly obscure
B. It feels very personal
(Both these points even more so than his other works I alluded to).
What’s hilarious is at the end of the book, there’s an afterword written by Mr. Lewis himself where he admits these points outright in his first paragraph. I honestly didn’t expect that, and so it was funny reading that little bit. He goes on to say that his allegory may have been a failure, which I highly disagree with, as there’s still a LOT to love about it!
This is a brilliant, if somewhat obscure read. This would not be the first C. S. Lewis book I’d recommend, but if you’ve read several of his works and are familiar with his style, I’d say check it out!
A. It feels really, needlessly obscure
B. It feels very personal
(Both these points even more so than his other works I alluded to).
What’s hilarious is at the end of the book, there’s an afterword written by Mr. Lewis himself where he admits these points outright in his first paragraph. I honestly didn’t expect that, and so it was funny reading that little bit. He goes on to say that his allegory may have been a failure, which I highly disagree with, as there’s still a LOT to love about it!
This is a brilliant, if somewhat obscure read. This would not be the first C. S. Lewis book I’d recommend, but if you’ve read several of his works and are familiar with his style, I’d say check it out!