Nick Imrie's Reviews > How to Pray: Reflections and Essays

I love C.S. Lewis, but this was a disappointing book. I don't want to be unkind to the publishers but it feels a bit like a posthumous cash-in.

This is a slim book, made up of short little chapters lifted from other works by C. S. Lewis where he touches on the subject of prayer: letters, essays, and fiction. In many of these chapters it was far too obvious that the text has been ripped right out of the middle of a completely different conversation - whether it's half-way through a letter to a friend, or a small segment of a larger argument in an essay. And obviously, since these are just pieces cut out of other works, the chapters don't really flow together.

And above all, not one of these snippets is actually about 'How to Pray'! 'Some partial thoughts on prayer' would be a more accurate title, although perhaps less popular with the marketing bods.