Reviews

Stories of Your Life and Others by Ted Chiang

dandi's review against another edition

challenging reflective medium-paced

4.0

truncarlos's review against another edition

5.0

Poca gente se me ocurre a quien no le parecieran estos relatos tremendamente fascinantes. Ciencia ficción especulativa, en la mejor de sus expresiones: psicología, matemáticas, lingüística, teología... hay para todos. Lo único que lo separa de mi carpeta de favoritos es algún relato que me ha interesado algo menos.

dvo19's review against another edition

adventurous challenging informative reflective relaxing medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.5

katrinjo's review against another edition

adventurous challenging informative inspiring mysterious reflective slow-paced

3.5

These are incredibly intelligent and thought-provoking short stories, if slightly dry. I found it difficult to connect strongly with most of the characters, but was impressed by the concepts and writing.

liamroush's review

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ias1969's review against another edition

challenging medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.0

kmik20's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

3.0

mystiktrance's review

adventurous challenging mysterious reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

terrag19's review

slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot

3.0

Underwhelmed. Possibly that my brother hyped this up too much, possibly because I don’t like math. 

iancarpenter's review against another edition

3.0

2.5 I know, what's wrong with me? DNF. I read half the book. Stories of Your Life was beautiful but it's clear to me that idea-focused story-telling is not for me, even when it's this well done. I tune out, I get impatient, I want to flip to the inevitable last 3 pages where cleverness is revealed (and Chiang is clever and usually touching throughout).