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4.01 AVERAGE
4.01 AVERAGE
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
N/A
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
N/A
E.M. Forster’s The Machine Stops is a rare novella that feels less like fiction and more like a warning delivered across time. It paints a world where humans live in isolation, worshipping a technological system that controls their every need. Written in 1909, its foresight is both genius and unsettling, especially as our own lives drift closer to the society it describes.
What struck me most was how Forster captures the fragility of connection, how easily we trade intimacy for convenience, individuality for comfort. The story is brief, yet every word feels deliberate, every idea lingers.
Is this where we’re headed, or are we already there?
What struck me most was how Forster captures the fragility of connection, how easily we trade intimacy for convenience, individuality for comfort. The story is brief, yet every word feels deliberate, every idea lingers.
Is this where we’re headed, or are we already there?
challenging
dark
emotional
tense
fast-paced
This is the most horrifying thing I’ve read in my goddamn life. I want to scream and cry and touch grass and destroy a data center and pick up a screen-less hobby like crocheting or guitar maybe
Dark vision of the future that is really well written and very inspiring. We can just hope this dystopia is never going to fullfill itself.
hopeful
reflective
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
dark
reflective
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
stuck staring at a wall for a while after this one I fear
reflective
medium-paced
adventurous
dark
hopeful
inspiring
mysterious
sad