"Till We Have Faces"
C. S. Lewis
A very strange book, one I must say I did not particularly enjoy. I picked this one up because C. S. Lewis is one of my favorite writers, and I had read that this novel, his last work of fiction, was among his very best. It is a retelling of the myth of Cupid and Psyche, a Greek myth that I had never heard of--though I had always considered myself fairly well-versed in mythology. Maybe if I had known this myth I would have understood the book better. There is no doubt that Lewis' writing is excellent. He has a keen style and a razor-sharp insight into how people think and act. However, the plot--a character study of a bitter queen and her anger towards the gods--failed to ignite my imagination.
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