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4.01 AVERAGE
4.01 AVERAGE
not the general systems collapse theory following me everywhere this week
This story was short, but said everything that it wanted to say in that time period.
It's a much more allegorical view on how technology can divide humanity and deprive of us real connections, and it managed that quite succinctly.
For people who would like a deeper exploration of a similar type of "machine" that ends up controling human society in an enclosed environment, check Yokohama Station SF by Yuba Isukari.
It's a much more allegorical view on how technology can divide humanity and deprive of us real connections, and it managed that quite succinctly.
For people who would like a deeper exploration of a similar type of "machine" that ends up controling human society in an enclosed environment, check Yokohama Station SF by Yuba Isukari.
challenging
dark
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
challenging
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
This isn’t just a dystopian story, it’s a mirror. One that shows what happens when human touch, emotion, and truth are replaced by automation and obedience.
The horror doesn’t lie in chaos, it lies in compliance.
The horror doesn’t lie in chaos, it lies in compliance.
What makes it haunting is how easily it mirrors today: ecstasy at the press of a button, revulsion at real human contact, and the quiet surrender of thinking for ourselves.
We only exist as the blood corpuscles that course through its arteries, and if it could work without us, it would let us die.
But in the ruins, Forster leaves us with something sacred: presence. The final moment; bloody, real, human, isn’t salvation. It’s proof that something true can survive even a world built to erase it.
This book doesn’t entertain.
It unmasks.
And if it leaves you aching, you’re exactly who it was written for.
dark
reflective
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
challenging
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
One of the best novellas I've read in a long while!
challenging
dark
reflective
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:
Complicated
really resonant
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
A timely novel about how a rise in technology leads to depleting human contact.
This may have to be a re-reading in the future as I found the narration to be bland, unengaging and hard to focus on.
This may have to be a re-reading in the future as I found the narration to be bland, unengaging and hard to focus on.
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Beautifully written and alarmingly precient considering its age. A perfect short story and one that shows us that the existential questions that drive us haven't changed much in 115 years.
dark
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Relevant & Prophetic - so interesting to read a book from so long ago with such a modern view of the world.