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We

Yevgeny Zamyatin

3.73 AVERAGE

caithcantread's review against another edition

5.0

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: Yes

anglerinthestacks's review against another edition

2.5

challenging dark slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

killosopher's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

sigridhhh's review against another edition

5.0

challenging reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

emu1402's review against another edition

5.0

Thoroughly enjoyed this book. It felt like communism propaganda at the beginning then did an excellent job about showing how foreign influence can alter a societies view of their structure, and then how that society will then overstep in order to correct that view.
Reminded me a bit of "Brave New World" in a good way.

slategrey's review against another edition

4.0

I think this is a very important and significant book in the history of sf/dystopian literature, but it is a bit of a slog. Definitely recommended to anyone interested in this subgenre. Glad to have read it.

3.75 out of 5

lynneelue's review against another edition

2.0

There were some good literary devices, themes, and messages in this book. Nice repetition of words, like "blue," "glass," "clear," and "sharp." Nice ideology between happiness vs. freedom, as well as "I" vs. "we," as well as the concept of "control," "love," and "logic." Nice foil between I-330 (sharp, plotting I) and O-90 (round, innocent O). Nice horror of The Great Operation to eradicate "painful" imagination, and the Benefactor's Machine and gas-ing technique to get information. I thought his fear of having a "soul" was cute. I didn't really get who the Benefactor was, or what was happening downstairs behind the closet where D-503 once found I-330, or why females had to die after giving birth. Where were all the children? Why was D-503 writing a record book for his ancestors?--how does he imagine they're going to read this, lol? What was the INTEGRAL (was it an airship to blast the society into a new planet?)? I'm pretty sure I-330 didn't actually like D-503, and I can absolutely see how this book was banned for so long. The book had a narrative arc very familiar to 1984, which makes sense considering this was 1984's inspiration. I didn't enjoy it because I didn't really understand much of the plot, so I couldn't truly appreciate the nuances, and this short book just dragged on and on.