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Chapter on animal pain was astonishing

Reviewed in the United States on May 29, 2016

I was surprised how much I enjoyed this book. The problem of pain is of course the subject of focus, but the book is nearly comprehensive as an explanation of the Christian worldview. Lewis is a clear thinker and writer. The last chapter on animal pain was astonishing and presents theories I'd never before considered. I've given this book as a gift twice since reading it in 2014.

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DJ Fairlie

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Reviewed in the United States on February 3, 2020

Don’t purchase the Kindle edition. The fonts (many different types and sizes) are a mess. Virtually impossible to read. I have never left a negative comment on Amazon but felt the need to advise future purchasers to choose another format.

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Brad

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Reviewed in the United States on February 15, 2022

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After reading several other C.S. Lewis works which I very much enjoyed, I found this one full of self-serving circular reasoning and hard to understand in most places. Maybe it’s the time period and location from which he writes.

I’m sure that there’s an audience who would get something out of this book, but I just found it to be 160 pages of long-winded explanation that the human mind doesn’t have the capacity to understand God’s use of pain and suffering in the world. It’s like using string theory to explain the overarching laws of the universe. You can make numbers and words do anything if you arrange them in a way such that the average reader doesn’t understand; but in the end, it’s just a long explanation of something that God never intended for us to explain.

Lewis could’ve spent 320 pages explaining further, but the reader still arrives at a single irrefutable truth: There are things within the realm of human comprehension that aren’t meant to be understood, and the presence of pain in our world may be one of them.

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John Hopkins

Lewis has no answer for why animals suffer.

Reviewed in the United States on September 12, 2019

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To summarize C.S. Lewis's thoughts on animal suffering:

1. Maybe animals don't really suffer.
2. Maybe Satan corrupted animals into eating one another.
3. Maybe animals have a kind of afterlife through us, their human masters.

I don't find these thoughts particularly illuminating.

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John Gilbert

Terrible transcription.

Reviewed in the United States on May 2, 2020

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It is still readable, but barely. Nearly all of the punctuation is missing and the fonts change scale several times in one word. Doesn't anyone proofread anymore?

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Poorly constructed

Reviewed in the United States on June 19, 2018

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Very disappointed in the construction of this book. One would expect better quality regardless of it being a reprint. Hardly worth the price.

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catgonzo

difficult to understand

Reviewed in the United States on July 11, 2019

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The writing by Lewis is old language its hard to understand.

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Book Lover

Great book, horrible kindle version.

Reviewed in the United States on April 1, 2020

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Love this book and the content. However, the formatting and grammar are just plain horrible in the kindle version.

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NANCY

DISAPPOINTING

Reviewed in the United States on August 30, 2014

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THIS BOOK WAS DISAPPOINTING, NOT AT ALL WHAT I WAS HOPING FOR! VERY LIMITED ON THE SUBJECT OF PAIN, AND VERY DIFFICULT TO FOLLOW THE AUTHOR'S TRAIN OF THOUGHT. 2 STARS FOR ATTEMPTING TO WRITE ABOUT A DIFFICULT SUBJECT. OTHER C.S. LEWIS BOOKS ARE MORE INVOLVED AND HELPFUL... "A GRIEF OBSERVED" IS VERY GOOD FOR A PARTNER WHO HAS LOST THEIR LOVED ONE.

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Oceanside

VERY CHEAP QUALITY OF COVER AND PAPER

Reviewed in the United States on June 5, 2017

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Love the book, but this printing is super cheap quality. Not recommended if you're giving it to someone. The text is great, but the paper is so cheap you can see the printing on the other side of the page. I have cardstock that is sturdier than this "cover".

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Not for light readers

Reviewed in the United States on January 20, 2015

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I feel really stupid trying to read this book. I am pretty intelligent, although my IQ seems to be dropping as my age increases, but this book is just too difficult for me to really get into.

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Cindy B

Terrible editing here!

Reviewed in the United States on December 15, 2010

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I would love this book, but the Kindle edition is horrible! It's like they did a global search for "its" and replaced it with "it's" throughout the whole thing. "It's" unbelievably annoying.

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