4.5 because I liked the quotes in it

Oscar Wilde gets owned by Jesus on a spiritual level.

Philosophy meets theology in this conversation between Christ and Oscar Wilde. All dialogue is borrowed directly from what each participant has either specifically said or clearly implied from their writings; prophets or scripture in the case of Messiah’s words. I don’t own a hard copy of this book, only the Audible version, so I spent almost a week copying and writing much of it down. Almost every topic feels like necessity for one to explore, especially in the day and time we find ourselves. I definitely plan to re-listen because it’s so dense with truth that it seems impossible to soak up in only a few go-throughs.

Ravi The Genius

Love Wilde. This treats him fairly, and illustrates well the grace of God, even in death.

I am a fan of Oscar Wilde's and Jesus' and was excited to read about the pairing of them. The text is interesting, easy to read, and faith affirming. The encounter with Jesus and the conclusion are very beautiful.

The book was written very simply. I would like to see this book be rewritten (with this as the first draft) with mostly the same content, but the characters speaking like they were in one of Wilde's plays or a fairy tale, with that beautiful language that draws us to Wilde's writings. I think that would be much more of an enjoyable read and a fun exercise for readers of Wilde.

The philosophical/Theological arguments brought up in this book are no doubt very important but sadly I found that the 'book' did not bring a great amount of depth into the discussion and I felt that Zacharias was not very apt at creating a believable dialogue. As I was reading it, I felt as if there were only one voice (Ravi's) spoken through three different characters with one consistent message. The Jesus character came off like a western philosopher, Oscar Wilde briefly began argumentatively but came out to be a 'yes man' to everything Pascal and Jesus said. Don't misunderstand, I agree 100% with the message Zacharias was trying to get across, but I don't think it was written very well.

Really fun little book. Imagines a conversation between Oscar Wild (on his death bed) and Jesus. Very thought provoking - the futility of a life lived purely for one’s own pleasure.

I LOVED the perspective from which this book was written. It's very conversational. The style intrigued me due to its creativity.

At something like 99 pages, this book fools you into being a quick read. But it's deep and philosophical. I'll admit, when I read it, my mind wandered, and wasn't prepared to do the heavy lifting. This book is so meaty.

Kind of makes me want to write something from this perspective: Jesus having a conversation with someone (in this case Oscar Wilde), maybe with another person thrown into the mix (in this case Blaise Pascal).

A wonderful piece of crap. What does a man like Ravi Zacharias understand about sensuality or hedonism? Or being gay for that matter? Or being imprisoned? He sits on his high horse of doctrine and dogma and attempts to have a conversation with someone who learned the joys and sorrows of suffering by living it. Whatever Wilde's losses (and Ravi assumes that, as per his exclusive doctrine or his illusion, that he knows what God has decided - that Wilde has a place in hell!), sufferings or mistakes, someone who is a dilettante when it comes to literature and the arts and a master of mediocrity cannot sit in "spiritual" judgment over Wilde and try to "save" his soul. Any honest person (other than those who are honestly Christian fundamentalists like Ravi) with an artistic or aesthetic sensibility would chuck Ravi's book into the bogs and enter the worlds that Wilde creates through the 'Word'. This book is a typical example of American Evangelical insipidity and stupidity that tries to pass itself off as intellectual "truth" in the face of masterpieces like 'A Picture of Dorian Gray'. Read this book, then go back to Wilde, return to Ravi, and barf out what you read lest you are contaminated by its Philistinism.

Excellent book, greatly enjoyed this read.

Never read anything more hypocritical than this.