If you like science fiction like A Wrinkle in Time: read this book.
If you enjoy books that are apparently long extended metaphors for the failings of the human race; read this book.
So I really liked this book even though I'm still a bit confused as to its purpose. The human characters were completely believable and I loved the non human characters. I have a ton of random theories about the Oyarsa and eldila that I'm not going to bother to record.
I don't understand why this isn't a classic; it probably has something to do with the lack of spacesuits (in the book--not, annoyingly enough, on the cover). This book was written around one to three years after the first man in space... so I think Lewis just made up whatever he felt like and it sounds good to me but some science people might hate it. I enjoyed the way he based all his made up creatures, plants, and landscape on the idea of what lesser gravity would do. I also laughed out loud in several places. If a book makes me laugh out loud or call people idiots, it automatically goes up one rating.
Bad stuff: not so much. I am still confused about how the book relates to what Lewis actually believed but the relation of different planets was vaguely similar to A Wrinkle in Time so those who know nothing about C.S. Lewis will probably be less interpretive of the book.
Alright, let's see...
Rating: Great. to Great!
Read again? Yes.
You read? Yes.
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