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Perelandra (The Space Trilogy, #2)
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I loved Out of the Silent Planet and rated it five stars so I was really looking forward to this second book in the trilogy. For me it was a big, big disappointment.
Perelandra features the same MC, Ransom, who has now visited and returned from Venus (Perelandra). Whilst there he has fought a battle with the forces of evil to save this Eden like planet from the same fall which occurred on Earth when Eve was tempted by the apple. This is all good providing a great story, lots of opportunity for beautiful world building and, of course, this being Lewis, a vehicle for the author to expound on his own beliefs.
Unfortunately this was where it fell apart for me because once started he did not seem to know when to stop. There were long, very long, passages with Ransom debating Weston, then Weston with the Green Lady, then Ransom, Weston and the Green Lady and then even Ransom with himself. I appreciate that it was all very well written and deeply profound and maybe I just was not in the mood.
My predicament now is do I chance the third book, That Hideous Strength, or not.
Perelandra features the same MC, Ransom, who has now visited and returned from Venus (Perelandra). Whilst there he has fought a battle with the forces of evil to save this Eden like planet from the same fall which occurred on Earth when Eve was tempted by the apple. This is all good providing a great story, lots of opportunity for beautiful world building and, of course, this being Lewis, a vehicle for the author to expound on his own beliefs.
Unfortunately this was where it fell apart for me because once started he did not seem to know when to stop. There were long, very long, passages with Ransom debating Weston, then Weston with the Green Lady, then Ransom, Weston and the Green Lady and then even Ransom with himself. I appreciate that it was all very well written and deeply profound and maybe I just was not in the mood.
My predicament now is do I chance the third book, That Hideous Strength, or not.
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Aug 21, 2021 04:46PM
That Hideous Strength was tough for me to get through. It was bizarre. And LOT of long talking passages. It was very disconnected from the first two. I love C.S. Lewis. I didn't mind this book. Didn't care for the third one.
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Phrynne wrote: "My predicament now is do I chance the third book, That Hideous Strength, or not."Phrynne, I've read and liked all three books of the Space Trilogy (though I've yet to review any of them --I read them years before I joined Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ). My reaction was different from Cori's, though. I know what you mean about the long passages in this book where various characters are debating ideas, and I liked it the least of the three on that account. The third book doesn't have nearly as much of that; and though it's different from the other two in being set here on Earth, IMO it's stylistically more like the first book.
If you give it a try, you'll have to let us know what you think! I did give it 2/5 stars so it wasn't a bust by any means. You may like it. I listenes to that one on Audible, so that may have impacted the way I interpreted it as it made it feel somewhat slow.
Thanks for your comments:) My feeling now is that I will have to read the last book - I always hate to leave something unfinished anyway!I may not rush into it immediately though.....
Read this series as a teenager so don't recall much about it other than not liking it much!
Pam wrote: "Read this series as a teenager so don't recall much about it other than not liking it much!"I think if I had tried this book as a teenager I would not have got past the first couple of chapters!
I'm with you 100%. I thought Out of the Silent Planet was excellent. Where as this is deranged drivel. I came very close to not finishing. I'm going to go straight into Hideous strength, but if it's as bad I doubt I'll finish it.
I still have not raised the enthusiasm to try book three Jason. Let me know how it goes:)
I loved Out of the Silent Planet. I thought this was not nearly as good (though I enjoyed it more than you did). That Hideous Strength is completely different than the previous two in style. I did not like it quite as much as OOTSP, but much more than Perelandra.
I'm in the same predicament as you... I got the series as an omnibus for Christmas. I found OOTSP a slow burn but it was still good, Prelandra on the other hand... I only finished it to see if it was going to get better. After that i decided to read something else.
