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3.64 AVERAGE
3.64 AVERAGE
Impressive world building! And a great dissection of inequality and oppression. Also, kind of hard to read because the story lacks a driving narrative for most of the book. Still, I'd say it's worth the read.
informative
lighthearted
reflective
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Too much misogyny and 40% in it is still all world building. Not sure if a story happens eventually
Content Warnings
Graphic: Misogyny, Classism
challenging
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Content Warnings
Graphic: Misogyny, Classism
adventurous
challenging
funny
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
A classic work of Victorian satirical speculative fiction, Flatland is a uniquely creative story. To me, as someone reading in the 21st century and who appreciates (and writes satire) the social commentary often comes off as heavy-handed, though I suspect that to a Victorian mind the commentary would have carried far more amusement. There is an element of world building in the narrative that is both thoughtful and earnest but also tongue-in-cheek; it's a combination I generally don't expect. Worth reading.
reflective
funny
informative
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
After the author was mentioned in Dictionary People, I gave this oddity of a novella a little go. Written in the 1880s, this is a science fiction set in two dimensional space, and follows a square as he lays out how his world operates and his experiences encountering three dimensional, one dimensional, and zero dimensional space. Very cute (although its gender and class politics are difinitively Victorian) and a quick little free read.
adventurous
reflective
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
challenging
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No