Judy M. (nursejudy) - , reviewed on 12/10/2012 + 56 more book reviews

The Screwtape Letters by C. S. Lewis is a collection of letters from a senior demon to his younger, inexperienced nephew, Wormwood. Through a series of reports, Screwtape learns of the details of how Wormwood is tempting his patient. Screwtape then gives him advice on how to better secure the patient into Satan's, their "Father", grasp. Although Wormwood tries hard to sway his patient faith away from God (or the "Enemy"), his attempts have little effect on the patient in the end because one can never lose their salvation.
I liked this book because it shows how Satan and his demons might really think about God and His relationship with humankind. Lewis has done an excellent job of portraying Screwtape. Screwtape, although he is a senior demon, has little idea what God if really like. Lewis also hints at the lack of power of the demons compared to God and to their inability to be omnipresent. Although this book is fictitious, it is interesting to try to imagine how demons might really think of us. --Kimberly

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