253 reviews for:

Time Out of Joint

Philip K. Dick

3.82 AVERAGE

k8vr's review against another edition

3.5

mysterious slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Loveable characters: No

christedoro's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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Il mio primo Dick, e ora mi sento uno stupido per aver lasciato Ubik a marcire in casa per due anni senza aprirlo. Inquieta, diverte, capovolge le aspettative; è simultaneamente leggero, profondo, scorrevole e filosofico. Cinque i momenti che ho amato in particolare:
1) Il ritrovamento da parte del piccolo Sammy di alcuni bigliettini alla discarica, a seguito del quale Ragle tratta cautamente con lui e lo paga per ottenerli; 
2) Il momento in cui l'attore-poliziotto si prepara a entrare in scena, controllando Ragle da uno schermo;
3) Lo scambio di cognomi Keitelbein-Kesselman. L'inserimento delle due diverse famiglie in momenti distanti tra loro mi ha fatto provare la stessa confusione del protagonista e di Black. Mossa geniale;
4) Il buco nel muro creato dai Kesselman per fuggire dallo stanzino della casa in collina in cui Ragle li aveva rinchiusi. What the fuck totale;
5) Il finale, che mostra sotto una luce completamente diversa il protagonista per cui si è tifato fino a quel momento: da vittima intrappolata a simpatizzante dei colonizzatori in una guerra civile interplanetaria

coffeefairy's review against another edition

4.0

mysterious reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Loveable characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

davidporter's review against another edition

3.5

mysterious

matt_bemer's review against another edition

3.5

challenging mysterious reflective slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

noemiejcrowley's review against another edition

3.0

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Règle Gumm gagne sa vie en gagnant le concours d’un journal local tous les jours - mais il commence à se demander si le monde autour de lui n’est pas qu’une illusion.

What. The. Fuck.
C’est vraiment le seul réel commentaire constructif que je peux apporter à ce … truc. C’est vraiment un eds Dick les plus bizarres que j’ai pu lire, c’est très fouilli, ça part dans tous les sens, j'avoue avoir été un peu paumé. Pas son meilleur, mais toujours intéressant dans l’idée !

donnie_freako's review against another edition

3.25

mysterious reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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idrk what i was expecting. it was either this or psycho and my mom said i should get this instead since we’ve seen psycho ignoring that it’s different than the movie but wtv so i read this one. interesting, and i do love pdk, but not really for me

peter_ewing's review against another edition

3.25

mysterious reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

erikwmj's review against another edition

4.5

challenging mysterious reflective slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

eldoggoreads's review against another edition

3.75

challenging dark mysterious slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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A nice twist on a Truman Show type story. why does Ragle Gumm feel compelled to enter a completion in the paper each day? why does he get the sense that nothing is quite right? Engaging and decently paced for a book written 69 years ago.