An insightful look into heaven and hell

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	• The Great Divorce C. S. Lewis HarperOne, 2001 - 160 pages average customer review:based on 209 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

Just Fantastic!

IMHO, this is Lewis' 2nd greatest book (behind Mere Christianity). Every Christian or aspiring Christian should read/listen to this book!

One of my favorite books!

C.S. Lewis was a gifted writer, and it is evident in The Great Divorce. I read some of the reviews on this site, and I think that the people writing the negative ones are not in a place where they can read the book with some imagination. It is not meant to be a factual account of heaven and hell (who could write that?), but it is meant to make you think about yourself and the things that are keeping your heart from being ready to meet the Lord. Give this book a shot. I don't believe that you will be disappointed.

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An insightful look into heaven and hell

In this book C.S. Lewis sets out to present a picture of the nature of heaven and hell through the device of an allegorical journey - by bus! - from hell to a place called the valley of the shadow of heaven. This book reads more like an expose than a traditionally plotted novel. Nevertheless, it's one of the most memorable books I've read. Among the most memorable notions of this book: the dense and material nature of heaven, as contrasted with the ghostly and insubstantial nature of hell; the inability of the damned to be joyful and their ultimate preference for hell over heaven; the surprising characters who come to inhabit each realm (for example, the murderer in heaven, and the mother consigned to hell because she loved her child too much). There are also some interesting bits about salvation operating backwards and forwards in time, and how the best and loftiest angels, if they fall, become the worst of devils. There is a lot to think about in this small book. Well worth it!

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A Very Incredible Book

I first heard of this book in passing by a guy giving a talk on "getting out of hell". An essay on getting over yourself. During that rant he kept making references to this book, so, having nothing better to do with my time, I bought and read it.

A few months ago I doubt I would have gotten any of it. Even now I doubt I understood half of it, but the half I did understand was just amazing. I'm not a Christian, but it made sense in everyday life.

I am a huge fan of parables, of stories with meaning. This is one of the few books I have boughten for the sole purpose of giving to family and friends.

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C. S. Lewis takes us on a profound journey through both heaven and hell in this engaging allegorical tale. Using his extraordinary descriptive powers, Lewis introduces us to supernatural beings who will change the way we think about good and evil.

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