challenging dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

  • While some questionable choice in writing this is an amazing work of science fiction horror. Truly terrifying and intense read.


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dark medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
challenging dark emotional sad fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

Very dark
dark mysterious reflective tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

When people take artificial intelligence so far it becomes sentient, it realizes its physical limitations and destroys humanity out of spite. Not just destroys them but saves a handful of individual to use as targets for its insatiable hate. To them it appears as powerful as a god despite its limitations, but it's not almighty. Dark. I liked it but could have benefited from improved characters.
dark tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

One of those classics that gets talked about a lot, probably due to the title and the effect it had during its time period. The cold war era paranoia and fear spawned a lot of fiction that was not seen before, hence the cultural impact. 

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nice work of not sci-fi. the torture of the humans was a bit confusing so perfectly horrors beyond the scope of human comprehension 
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DID NOT FINISH: 19%

Sexually explicit with non-consensual elements wrapped up in horror.
dark fast-paced
dark emotional reflective tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes