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Reviewed by Meaghan (Kirkwood, PA), October 26, 2009
"Till We Have Faces" is a timeless tale intertwined with countless morals and values that cannot possibly be discovered after being read only once. I would highly recommend this book to anyone who is considering reading it. It's the kind of book everyone should find the time to read. But I also recommend that it be read more than once, for there is much more to this book than meets the eye. Study it and I am sure you will learn more from it than you imagined. It is not a book to simply be left on the shelf.
5 out of 5 stars
Reviewed by Erin (Wichita, KS), December 30, 2006
My favorite, my favorite, my absolute work by Jack. Actually my favorite novel, period. Something is just so intoxicating and tangible in it. I try to read it every year at Thanksgiving, when I first purchased it. Knowing this work and the Space Trilogy are signs of a true fan.
5 out of 5 stars
Reviewed by Sir Iliad (Lehighton, PA), January 04, 2006
One of the the best books ever written. This is undoubtedly my favorite work of fiction by the renowned author CS Lewis. I have read it and reread it and each time I am touched in new ways. This is a truly epic tale of the depths of pain and the heights of beauty of the human soul. Reader's hearts will be moved in incredible ways as they read the powerful story of Psyche and Orual.
The Queen of the Veil and the Queen of the Mountain. Each of the characters is developed so deeply as to be unforgetable, and the unexpected twist halfway through the book, man! I felt like I had been hit in the face with a crowbar! The philisophical genuis that Lewis put into the book is purely amazing, one that will open the reader's soul to new realms of beauty, hate, envy, and love. Perhaps a little uncomfortable is how the book, like all of Lewis' tales, reveals the reader's heart to themself. A truly fantastic book.
5 out of 5 stars
Reviewed by Steve Falkinburg (Upland, CA), October 11, 2004
I have read many of Lewis' works and this is one of my favorites. He masterfully uses the story to address many of the core issues we face today - the established, ancient religion vs. the enlightened philosophy of the day; a possessive love vs. a love that trusts and desires what the loved one longs for; blaming God for the pain we experience in life vs. trusting in His plan and direction. While one must be careful about drawing too much comparison between the characters in the story and the Christian life, lessons can certainly be learned in reference to the innocence and obedience of Psyche, the vulnerability of the Fox's wisdom, the service and dedication of Bardia, and the frustration and unfulfillment of Orual. We cannot understand life until we have faces and we will not have faces until we have grappled with God's truth and applied it to the many difficulties and uncetainties we encounter in life. I encourage you to read Till We Have Faces. You will enjoy the story and it will challenge you to think.
5 out of 5 stars
Reviewed by Steve (MA), May 11, 2004
An extraordinary take on an old tale. Part fantasy, but using elements from the real world,
Lewis weaves together sometimes seemingly disparate strands to re-tell the myth of Psyche in a
unique way...I don't want to give the twist away, as it is best experienced, so I fear I must
end the review with this...this book is in my top ten fiction books. Enjoy.
5 out of 5 stars
Reviewed by John Otte (Blue Earth, MN), March 03, 2004
A fantastic book. Like the other reviewers have said, a regrettably unknown classic. While the spirituality of "Faces" isn't hit-you-over-the-head obvious, it is there. Here's a hint: Orual and Psyche are two different kinds of Christians, and their life experiences relate to the two ways people come to God. One finds the journey easy, the other is converted, kicking and screaming the whole way.
5 out of 5 stars
Reviewed by Melissa (Bryson City, NC), January 12, 2004
I read a C.S. Lewis' biography, and it stated that this book is both cryptic and hard to read.
However, a good friend lent me this book, and I read it, and it was very good. But it has almost no spiritual application. There are two parts, and there is some in the second part, especially where they are describing Orual realizing how to really love someone, but the rest of the book has no spiritual applicatio -- it is a myth retold. The myth of Cupid and Psyche. Therefore it needs to be treated as such.
It has been noted, by a biographer, that this book is the only book C.S. Lewis ever wrote without copying someone else's writing style. The other books he wrote he used his favorite author's technique's of writing. Like George Macdonald.
Blessed Be.
5 out of 5 stars
Reviewed by Kelly Rose (New Lenox, IL), November 01, 2002
I agree with Steve from NC. This book is to be read over and over again. It is full of revealing truths that are OFTEN not caught on the first reading. It's a pity that more people haven't read this book; everyone that has loves it. It was Lewis's personal favorite of all his works, and it's mine as well.
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