Thoughts on the book

My initial reaction to this book was that it would be rather boring yet a relatively simplistic read. once reading it however, it became one of my most enjoyable reads as it was thought provoking and gives a new dimension to the story of Adam and Eve and also the role Satan plays as the antagonist to God's creation. Unlike other stories that state that Satan is a fallen angel, this book describes how and what lead to Satan's fall from angelic power. This also gives a new perspective of Satan himself as you see what lengths he is willing to go to in his quest to cause sin in God's new world. The story of Adam and Eve also gives more of a redeeming factor to Eve as she was the first to sin but Adam knowingly followed her sin. Many other literatures, especially in medieval Europe, regarding this story in the Bible often make Eve as the one who caused the banishment of humanity from Eden yet in Paradise Lost Eve is tricked into sinning while Adam knowingly sins.