Review of “A Witch in the Wardrobe” by L.D. Wenzel 26-year-old Shannon Dillon discovers a document hidden in the attic of her home, a home where C. S. Lewis once lived. The document causes speculation that the much-loved author had once been involved in the occult. Gangsters steal the documents, killing her brother and grandfather. Dillon vows revenge and seeks the help of Simon Magister, a nerdy college professor at a Christian college in the US. The idea for this book is genius! The plotline is exciting, inspiring, and compelling. Unfortunately, the author’s writing style is wooden and weak. I truly wanted to like this book, but it could not hold my attention. C.S. Lewis once said, “The world does not need more Christian literature. What it needs is more Christians writing good literature.” When my son was looking for a college, we visited an evangelical Christian college. The staff member we met with kept telling us that if he wanted to be a writer, “Zondervan visits us every year.” It turned me off. He didn’t tell us that the BEST publishers came, or that they worked to produce the BEST writers. . . . no, they produced writers and a CHRISTIAN publisher came. People don’t read Lewis’ books because they are Christian books; they read them because they are excellent literature. I do encourage this author to keep writing. I do feel that they have good potential. Potential becomes something more only after we continue working to improve.
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