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abimac's review against another edition
informative
reflective
slow-paced
2.5
Loved some articles, found others boring. Middle of the road for me.
nicoleankenmann's review
4.0
Audiobook: 38h.58m.
There are 135 pieces in this collection — a veritable treasure trove of thoughtful reflections, eloquent arguments, intriguing pieces of fiction, and quick, bantering discussions that put the coffee shop prattle of today to shame.
This collection never declares itself the full canon of Lewis’ published works, but its readers will certainly feel as though they’ve flipped through every page the man had ever written, when they finally set it aside, complete. I’ve grown wiser after almost fourty hours under Professor Lewis’ tutelage, though I’m sure that I missed a good deal in my gleaning (as was true in all of my undergrad courses, even with profs that I truly loved and respected at the helm of the class). I doubt that I will ever revisit this specific volume, but I know that I will reach more readily for those books on my shelf which contain his essays, now that I've been so thoroughly primed. This book is a wonderful survey of C. S. Lewis, heartily recommended for those with a hearty literary appetite.
A few purely technical criticisms. It would have been supremely helpful to have digital chapter breaks at the beginning and end of every article / essay / story included; it was quite difficult to navigate without such bookmarks. Also, I have been unable to find a Table of Contents anywhere online, which made for a lot of skipping backwards and forwards by thirty seconds, trying to re-listen to the titles. A comprehensive list in the description would have been much appreciated.
There are 135 pieces in this collection — a veritable treasure trove of thoughtful reflections, eloquent arguments, intriguing pieces of fiction, and quick, bantering discussions that put the coffee shop prattle of today to shame.
This collection never declares itself the full canon of Lewis’ published works, but its readers will certainly feel as though they’ve flipped through every page the man had ever written, when they finally set it aside, complete. I’ve grown wiser after almost fourty hours under Professor Lewis’ tutelage, though I’m sure that I missed a good deal in my gleaning (as was true in all of my undergrad courses, even with profs that I truly loved and respected at the helm of the class). I doubt that I will ever revisit this specific volume, but I know that I will reach more readily for those books on my shelf which contain his essays, now that I've been so thoroughly primed. This book is a wonderful survey of C. S. Lewis, heartily recommended for those with a hearty literary appetite.
A few purely technical criticisms. It would have been supremely helpful to have digital chapter breaks at the beginning and end of every article / essay / story included; it was quite difficult to navigate without such bookmarks. Also, I have been unable to find a Table of Contents anywhere online, which made for a lot of skipping backwards and forwards by thirty seconds, trying to re-listen to the titles. A comprehensive list in the description would have been much appreciated.
ben_smitty's review
4.0
Good. A bit of an overkill tbh as some of Lewis's main ideas are repeated throughout. Reading through God in the dock will suffice, I'd say.
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