I have no idea how to rate this. I do think that the book is meant exactly for people like me. People who have had Christianity misrepresented to them by various clergymen, media and the like.
It starts off really well, and portrays Christianity in the slightly more human way, that isn't full of shame, and self-hatred. So that is the overarching reason I put it at 5 stars, even though I'm bound to find multiple logical obscurities and "source: dude trust me" types of statements.
At the moment of writing this, I couldn't think of any of the flaws myself. But I can say that it didn't really convince me to become someone that's all in with God. I'm still a sceptic, so I guess mission failed, Lewis.
It did made me really rethink a lot of things though. Admission to heaven not being some test based on your outwards life. But an admission based on your inner life, and how it projects that into your outer one, and realization of goals, based on your potential. It is almost impossible to explain with words, and writing 3 paragraphs on that in a review seems pointless.
Generally, to sum it up
- Avoids almost every major issue that a 2021 sceptic has with Christianity
- Doesn't get bogged down my denominations
- Real, human examples and generally does a great job of simply explaining complex concepts
- Not much repetition
- A lot of "Just my opinion bro", to avoid criticism
- A great introduction to Christianity for an average person like me, and I assume many people don't really need much reading beyond this and The Bible.