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Book Review By Jessie Hamilton
The Great Divorce by C.S. Lewis

This man's journy starts when he boards a bus going to heaven. Throughout the book the narroator wonders through a smi-sate of Heaven. He is visited by a spiritual being who helps the narrorator to come to terms with where he his, how he got here, and his personal salvation.


Plot & Themes
Tone of book -
FANTASY or SCIENCE FICTION? - fantasy world/fantasy past
Inner Struggle Yes
Plotlet: - search for identity/new understanding
Is this an adult or child's book? - Adult or Young Adult Book
Religious overtones? Yes

Main Adversary
Identity: - Male
Age: - long-lived adults
Profession/status:
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - throughout most of the book.
How sensitive is this character?
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters

Setting
Terrain
A substantial portion of this book takes place on a non-Earth planetary body: - inhabited by friendly aliens
Planet outside solar system? Yes

Writing Style
Accounts of torture and death? - generic/vague references to death/punishment
Sex in book? Yes
How much dialogue? - significantly more dialog than descript
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