A review by kimberly_b
The Screwtape Letters by C.S. Lewis

3.0

I received this story as a gift, and I had no idea what Screwtape was about until I read the first letter and realized it consists of correspondence between two demons. Lewis develops an interesting and in-depth satire throughout the letters; it's obvious a great deal of thought went into this piece. The main take-away point of the letters is that Christians are lost from Christianity usually not all at once but bit by bit, and it takes faithfulness to God to ward of evilness and sin in this world. It's interesting that as you're reading the letters you have to constantly remind yourself that you really want to strive for the opposite of what Screwtape is advocating, just like the message of the book that you have to remain ever-vigilant. This is a tough story to rate. Although it is an interesting one, I did find it heavy-handed and bit on the 'slippery slope' side of things. Overall, I appreciate what Lewis put into the piece so I'm rating it 3 stars.

Note: I actually own this edition of the story, [b:The Complete C. S. Lewis Signature Classics|7882566|The Complete C. S. Lewis Signature Classics|C.S. Lewis|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1268951379s/7882566.jpg|11088731], which includes six other works by Lewis. I plan on reading them all eventually, but I wanted to reflect that I've only read Screwtape thus far so I used this edition to review.