Category Archives: Reviews

George Orwell’s Review of C.S. Lewis’ “That Hideous Strength” (Throwback Thursday)

Posted on September 10, 2020 by Brenton Dickieson

At A Pilgrim in Narnia we have an occasional feature called “Throwback Thursday.” This is where I find a blog post from the past–raiding either my own blog-hoard or someone else’s–and throw it back out into the digital world. This … Continue reading →

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So Much Love by Rebecca Rosenblum (A Review and 10-Minute Book Talk)

Posted on July 27, 2020 by Brenton Dickieson

So Much Love is an exquisitely crafted book. It is the story of a twentysomething mature student, Catherine, a lover of books who finds her life patterned after the creative and tragic story of a local poet who was killed … Continue reading →

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Nnedi Okorafor’s Deep Future Story for the Moment, Binti

Posted on July 14, 2020 by Brenton Dickieson

What a discovery Binti has been for me! In Binti (2015), Home (2017), and The Night Masquerade (2018), Dr. Nnedi Okorafor has given us a living, vibrant, complex character in literary SF prose. Binti is the award-winning novella of a young African woman … Continue reading →

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L.M. Montgomery’s The Watchman and Other Poems, a Review

Posted on June 17, 2020 by Brenton Dickieson

The Watchman and Other Poems by L.M. Montgomery My rating: 3 of 5 stars I once heard a speech by Chad Walsh where he described C.S. Lewis as not a “great poet” but an “interesting poet.” I think this description … Continue reading →

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House of Dreams: The Life of L. M. Montgomery by Liz Rosenberg, a Review

Posted on June 16, 2020 by Brenton Dickieson

House of Dreams: The Life of L. M. Montgomery by Liz Rosenberg My rating: 4 of 5 stars As I have blogged about before, L.M. Montgomery’s life lacked the fairy-tale endings of reward and romance that her characters (for the … Continue reading →

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