Reviews for A Dark and Secret Place

The average rating for A Dark and Secret Place based on 2 reviews is 2.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2012-08-23 00:00:00 Marilyn Smith Previously unaware of its existence, I was excited to stumble upon this at the library. The Dark Tower I found intriguing, and wished that Lewis had developed and completed it. The Man Born Blind, reminiscent of Poe. (that threw me for a loop.) After Ten Years, a myth retold, also made me wish it had been completed. Reading the opening, and gradually realizing where you are and what's going on was exciting. Basically, every story was pretty interesting in its own right, if not polished. But of course they weren't polished - they were unfinished manuscripts. I see a lot of people aren't impressed with this work, but obviously Lewis wasn't either, or it would have been published, right? I just kind of get the impression that I've been let in on a little secret - the unpublished scribblings and revelations of ideas from the mind of a great author.

Review # 2 was written on 2008-12-30 00:00:00 Tina Maeder Where was he going with The Dark Tower?? It's maddening! Ah, it started so well. Not all tales in this short story sci-fi collection are equally as good, but most are interesting and the title work alone, unfinished though it be, makes the book worth purchasing. Update: here is a photo of The Dark Tower itself - or, rather, the tower of Cambridge University Library, of which the Dark Tower was an exact replica being built in Othertime: (click for higher resolution)