Catholic Readers discussion

I read The Great Divorce a few weeks ago. It was my first C.S. Lewis book. My Mother-In-Law recommended it to me as a good book of his to start with. It was a fast to for me, I think I may have read it too fast. I like that even though it is fiction it gave me real things to think about. One of my favorite books is The Five People You Meet in Heaven and when I read The Great Divorce it made me think of it. I'm curious if you have read The great Divorce what you thought of it?

I just read it over the summer. Honestly I had a hard time with it (a bit to abstract for me). Glad you enjoyed it!

I really liked it. Of course, it's a bit of an oddball book. Those who read for story are probably dissatisfied with it.

Though I was once in an interesting online discussion started by an atheist who liked it because he was interested in the moral character sketches portrayed.

Read it, loved it. Though technically not a 'Catholic' book (CS Lewis was an Anglican, but soooo close to being Catholic!), I still class it as one :D
What I find amazing about it is the clarity with which Lewis unfolds these temptations, struggles, mindsets, and sins. Because of his style of writing, I can easily understand what he's saying - and sadly, see many of those things in my life!
it's a great book which I recommend to every believer (along with another of Lewis' books, The Screwtape Letters)

I read this book in high school and liked it, but I don't think I really "got" it. I re-read it earlier this year and it blew me away! Sooo good!

It's one of my favourites of Lewis. I reviewed it here

I've read The Screwtape Letters, and my friend keeps pestering me to read more Lewis. I definitely appreciate his writing style - moral without shame; preachy yet accessible. She recommended either The Great Divorce or Mere Christianity. Has anyone else read the latter?

Yes, it's one of my favorites! It has many of the same themes and messages as The Great Divorce and The Screwtape Letters but it's non-fiction and written in short, easy-to-digest chapters.

The Great Divorce would be labelled as fiction and Mere Christianity as non-fiction. It depends what you prefer but I think reading Mere Christianity first, gives a good base for understanding themes in his other books.

Thanks guys! I definitely prefer fiction to non-fiction, and as I understood his themes in The Screwtape Letters, I'll probably opt for The Great Divorce (but I'll keep Mere Christianity on my list as well!).

I have a lot of his books on my shelf to read, including Mere Christianity. Or I've read it already and can't remember. If that's the case I probably read it too fast. After my current book I am going to start A Biblical Walk Through The Mass. Anyone read that?

I just finished it recently and loved it. This was my second run at it though. Two years ago, a good friend gave me a copy - it was his favorite book - before he relocated and I just could not get into it. Second time through though was a charm and it really gave me a lot to think about.