Book Review: "Perelandra" by C. S. Lewis

I read the first book in this series, "Out of the Silent Planet", a while ago, but I was able to remember all of the things that I liked and didn't like about it by the end of "Perelandra". I typically love all of C.S. Lewis' books, however, I was not as fond of this series.

I loved "Mere Christianity" and "The Screwtape Letters" because I believe they have a great deal of truth. The only main thing that Lewis is missing in his descriptions of God are the knowledge that God, Jesus Christ, and the Holy Ghost are three distinct personages. He writes in all of his works based on the view of the Trinity. This series is no different.

I was a bit freaked out by Satan in this book. It seems too real and brings to mind the very real battle between good and evil. "Perelandra" also talks about an example of "Adam and Eve" that I found to be a bit off, which disturbed me. Also, this books discusses the Fall of Adam and Eve as evil and that if they had not suffered the Fall something better would have happened. I am not comfortable with the handling of these subjects as they are written in this book.

In some ways, this is just a story, but in dealing with serious religious subjects I often feel more of a sense of duty to keep to truth which is probably why this book series bothers me. I love his other works, but this one is OK, not fantastic.