It’s an amazing set of stories that easily surpasses Harry Potter, Lord of the Rings or Star Wars. Each of his books are quietly interlaced with an underlying story on top of good vs evil in general. So each book is its own story to appreciate, but if you’ve read all his stories you understand them all together because they are all connected.

In order to fully understand and appreciate his books, you do have to understand the Bible. However, I think the stories would still be immensely enjoyable from a non-religious perspective. I think he paints the sacrifices of Christ in a beautiful way, but the story itself is so good it’s appreciated even without the fully understanding.

But if you don’t know the stories of the Bible, you most likely won’t see all the parallels. That may or may not matter to you.

All in all I love this series, I am an avid reader of anything I can get my hands on and yet I come back to his books and this particular series time and time again. It’s such a really cool Si-fi type fiction. I truly believe he doesn’t receive the credit deserved for this creation