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3.73 AVERAGE
3.73 AVERAGE
dark
hopeful
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
adventurous
challenging
mysterious
tense
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
Libro sicuramente importante perché è considerato uno dei primi romanzi distopici. Mi sono tolta finalmente la curiosità di leggerlo, ma purtroppo mi sono annoiata durante tutta la lettura. È scritto sotto forma di diario e i pensieri del protagonista sono spesso frammentari o si interrompono. Questa edizione kindle è anche piena di refusi e a un certo punto ho persino pensato che potessero mancare delle parole. Se volete leggerlo evitate questa edizione Amazon.
challenging
dark
reflective
tense
slow-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
Someday, I would love to read this book in the original Russian. I remember finding it so vividly human - even porous (to borrow an idea from Bradbury) when I first read it in my 20's. Upon this reread (of a different translation) I will say that this translation does an outstanding job of capturing the self-awakening of a mathematic-philosopher. It also beautifully allows the audience to share the narrator's confusion at considering the possibility of a truth radically different from that he has always taken as a given.
As the translator points out, to frame this story as merely an inspiration or predecessor of Orwell's more famous book does the depth of human insight it offers a terrible disservice. If you must, read this as a way to repay the creative debt Orwell clearly owed but didn't acknowledge, but bear in mind that it offers much, much more.
As the translator points out, to frame this story as merely an inspiration or predecessor of Orwell's more famous book does the depth of human insight it offers a terrible disservice. If you must, read this as a way to repay the creative debt Orwell clearly owed but didn't acknowledge, but bear in mind that it offers much, much more.
Reviewing this specific edition! Margaret Atwood’s introduction contained numerous spoilers that were not signaled or forewarned. Incredibly frustrating.
Historically important
The story that inspired a great many others (such as Brave New World, 1984 and Player Piano)! It’s a little tricky to follow in points, but well worth the struggle.
The story that inspired a great many others (such as Brave New World, 1984 and Player Piano)! It’s a little tricky to follow in points, but well worth the struggle.
It’s interesting to see the beginning of the dystopian genre and looking at home much has changed and what has stayed the same. We was much more approachable than I expected from a Russian translated dystopian novel from a literal century ago and I really enjoyed it.
Ik zie waar George Orwell zijn inspiratie vandaan heeft gehaald voor 1984. De complete obsessie van de mannelijke protagonist voor een vrouw die "anders" is die hem rustig voor haar doel (aka de staat omverwerpen) gebruikt, dat heeft George toch niet zelf verzonnen hoor
Interesting dystopian novel, but it felt like something I would have read in AP Lit.