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Summary: It keeps growing on you
Review: I first picked this book up as a child. My mom had read it in a course on C. S. Lewis in college, and remembered it as good, although she told me it was very confusing. Now, years later, after having read this fine novel a number of times, I would describe it not so much confusing as so multi-layered that the reader can get lost at first among them. This is not a failing, however, but a great strength that has made this novel very well received among critics and those who have read it. Unfortunately, relatively few people, including fans of Lewis' other works, have ever even heard of Till We Have Faces, much less read it.Why is this? Maybe some think it looks boring; just one more retelling of the Cupid and Psyche myth, with perhaps a few twists, but essentially the tale we all learned in high school Greek mythology. This is far from the truth. C. S. Lewis uses the myth as a basis for exploring history, and issues ranging from God to family interactions to faith, and ultimately redemption. The story builds slowly throughout, and eventually gains so much emotional momentum that you feel simultaneously drained and uplifted when you finish the final page. If you want a novel that makes you think about more than superficial topics, and is in actuality highly original, then I cannot recommend this highly enough.
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Summary: Takes Your Breath Away
Review: This is a work of sheer beauty. An 'Oh My God, where did this come from' book you will clutch close to you forever. Don't miss this finest piece of fiction from Mr. Lewis.
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Summary: Excellent story, told again
Review: Retold in Lewis' own words, the myth renewed itself and kept me infatuated with it for days until I was done reading.
After the first few pages, I was convinced I would not like the book, as its not my usual style of reading. However, after the first chapter I could not put it down. To anyone who enjoys Lewis' works or this fantasy type of story, I highly recommend this book.
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Summary: Incredible, to say the least.
Review: I read Till We Have Faces for a book report in high school. I have never been so moved and blown away by a book. C.S. Lewis could not have known in how many ways and details this story illustrates the greatest story and truth ever. It moved me beyond words. Take the time, read it, and grasp what it truly says.
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Summary: Eye-opening and thought provoking!
Review: Till We Have Faces is a deep, philosophical story you'll want to read again and again. It's one of those rare books that can change perceptions. Everyone should read it.
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Summary: amazing novel
Review: It is one of my favorite books. I just finished it and I don't have words to describe the power Lewis' symbolism has. His language, word choice and the message are amazing. Read it...you'll love it.
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Summary: I think I need to read this book again!
Review: I think I got confused while reading this book I hope that I am not the only one. When you are done reading it you think you see what Lewis is trying to say and then it disappears like last nights dream. But all in all Lewis put words together and spins the tale better than a spider spins a web you get caught up in it and cant put it down.
Great Awsome and as I said I need to read it again.
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Summary: Redeeming Humun Sorrow: C.S. Lewis' "Till We Have Faces"
Review: Most fortunate was the day I stumbled across this book while rummaging through my mother's library. Of all the books I have read thus far, I believe "Till We Have Faces" the most poignant and the most profound. C.S. Lewis uses the Greek myth of Cupid and Psyche as a basis for his tale of two sisters, one guiltless and beautiful, the other good but ugly of face. He employs their lives as an allegory of the incarnation and sacrifice of Christ to answer the timeless question of why God allows bad things to happen to good people.
Superficially, "Till We Have Faces" is a grave and at times grim fairytale of the sister princesses Orual and Istra in the dark primeval kingdom of Glome. The book is constructed as the complaint of the homely Orual (who comes to represent a virtuous, but flawed mankind) against the gods for the sorrows of her life.
Through the embittered Orual coming to see her own selfishness of heart and how futile it is to try to fathom the designs of the divine with mere mortal reasoning, Lewis does not belittle human sorrow or suffering in comparison to the greatness of God, but rather attempts to represent salvation as a power to heal the deepest wounds and the greatest sorrows.
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Summary: a good slap across the face
Review: Besides containing one of the greatest lines about being an author ever written: "I was with book, as a woman is with child", C.S. Lewis's "Till We Have Faces" also did me the service of giving me a good slap across my metaphorical face. How wrapped up we all become in our own little lives. How one-sided and self-favoring is our vision. Though a book about many things--holiness, love, and philosophy to name a few--"Till We Have Faces" is mainly about how our perceptions can fail us. How in the name of doing what we think is right, we can do horrible things. Orual, the protagonist of the story, spends an entire life learning what the apostle Paul meant when he said "Now we see but a poor reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known." The real twist in "Till We Have Faces" is that the reader, more likely than not, learns the same lesson (I know I did). C.S. Lewis is one of my favorite authors for many reasons. This book is definitely one of them. Lewis considered "Till We Have Faces" to be his best book. I do not know if I agree, but it is certainly a great story. I give "Till We Have Faces" a very high recommendation.
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Summary: Apex of His Literary Career
Review: 'Till We Have Faces is the work of a person whose faith and identity have been matured by love, suffering, and loss. I love Lewis and own most of the xian works he wrote, but I have to say that in this work, his concept of the nature of life and humanity are most sensitive, forgiving, and his understanding of grace most developed. I believe he himself considered it to be the best thing he wrote.
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