When I first saw on the book list for this class that we would be reading a C.S. Lewis book I was quite excited. For the longest time, I always thought that C.S. Lewis was just the guy who wrote The Chronicles of Narnia. Now, I was briefly aware of the fact that he had written other books besides that series, but I didn't really know what they were called or what they were about, or anything. All the people who hear me say that I've never read Mere Christianity ask if I'm even a real Christian. Apparently it's a big deal.
I've never heard of A Grief Observed until this class, though. And I AM LOVING IT. Even though this might not be one of his best novels (or so I've been told my true Lewis scholars), this makes me want to read more and more Lewis. I mean, if this is one of his "not so great" books, bring on the better ones! I can't wait to see how good Mere Christianity and The Great Divorce are.
There is something about A Grief Observed that makes me not want to put it down. I'm actually almost finished reading it for the second time. Perhaps it is Lewis' honesty? He has an ability to describe every detail of his pain in such a way that draws me in. It's in a different way than other books, though. Some of those cheesy romantic novels I read pull me in, too. They are hard to put down. But this sort of attraction towards A Grief Observed is new, and different. Maybe because it's not a "happy ending" of what I'm used to hearing about in books. It's painful. It's honest. It's real.
"We could almost say He sees because He loves, and therefore loves although He sees."
Continuing to learn more and more from this class,
Anna Marie
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