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Jan 09, 2015ilanaaq rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
This was an interesting novel in the intellectual sense. It doesn't have much edge-of-the-seat action and has far more exposition about scenery than we're used to in the 21st century, though the writing is beautiful. Things usually turn out without much of a struggle on Dr. Ransom’s part. So it’s kind of like an intellectual and spiritual romp through a fictitious martian landscape. What’s interesting is the way Lewis weaves in 3 intelligent species, the way they interact, as well as the link between the bodily life and the metaphysical world. I can see the parallels between the Malacandrian and Christian worldviews, and that was neat. I don’t think this will be up there in my list of all-time favourite books, but it was a good read that I do recommend.