I'm just struck this time through by the number of references in later books. I don't know if I can truly recommend it to everyone, but it's incredible. I can't rate it five stars because it's not perfect-there are definitely marks of the whole "debut" feel to it in places, and the storytelling itself is not quite as strong-but it's so, so good. This book made me lean back and whisper "Thank You" to my Jesus. Because then you reach the ending and you see, for truth, how great it is. It's got looming, overwhelming evil that made me want to cry. I read this one less of a "look, references!" kind of way (see my review from my first reread) and more in a "this is a beautiful story of true love" kind of way. A story with symbols, telling a bigger story, rather than a story where EVERYTHING is symbolic of something else. I think of it now, after this reread, as more of a parable.
I don't know how much of an /allegory/ this book is. I need to remind myself that Jesus' love for me is not because I'm perfect or anything like that.but because HE is, and because HE chose me.
That I'd reject him if he hadn't loved me first. Sometimes I need a reminder of how useless my efforts to save myself are, and the fact that I could not do it even if I tried. Sometimes I just need to be reminded of how much I need my Savior. "You are my chosen love, the only one for me."
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