The Lucifer Diary

by Lewis Walton

Examines how the human mind has the capacity to be infinitely caring or selfish, kind or cruel, creative or destructive. This work analyses the Stanford Prison Experiment, and the authors personal experiences as an expert witness for one of the Abu Ghraib prison guards, to raise fundamental questions about the nature of good and evil.

408 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2003

Reviews

[Disuno · Rating 3 out of 5]

I gave it 3.5 stars because of what I did like from the book but I don’t think I’ll be finishing this book... it started out great but as Lucifer was becoming “evil” they just described him in such a cartoony way that I couldn’t keep reading it without imagining him shouting menacingly like the hunter from the bugs bunny show.
I just couldn’t take it as seriously as the book wanted to be.
Don’t get me wrong what I did read at first was really interesting with all the descriptions and how they saw God(s?) but I just couldn’t get through him explaining his plans Robby Rotten (Lazy town) style.
Maybe I’ll pick it up in the future? Though it’s highly doubtful...

[Lyuba · Rating 5 out of 5]

One of my favourite books ever. It challenges one to look deeper, to live to the full, to be aware of the repercussions our day-to-day choices have. Having read the book, you are never the same. You don't look at the world in the same way either.