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3.26 AVERAGE
3.26 AVERAGE
I know it's of its time but a state that practices slavery and punishes atheism with exile is no place (get it) I'd like to live.
Story: 2 / 10
Characters: 3
Setting: 6.5
Prose: 8
As with Well's "A Modern Utopia", the book is not so much a story as a pleasant way to introduce an ideal society. Not entirely what I was looking for. Might I suggest Huxley's "Island" as a more relevant alternative?
Characters: 3
Setting: 6.5
Prose: 8
As with Well's "A Modern Utopia", the book is not so much a story as a pleasant way to introduce an ideal society. Not entirely what I was looking for. Might I suggest Huxley's "Island" as a more relevant alternative?
informative
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
don’t really know what i’m supposed to say abt this except i got given some background info on thomas more before reading and he’s kind of me idk. fat paragraphs which didn’t need to look so daunting but i am a uni student now so maybe they shouldn’t scare me anymore LOL😭 anyway shout out thomas more father of communism and hated by the catholic church you must’ve been doing something right babes
The Letters and Book One bring you into an atmosphere of discovery and spirited conversation. The lighthearted back and forth between the characters provided an emotional investment into what would become a systematic outline of the societal structures present in the fictional land of Utopia in Book Two. The descriptions are treated incredibly seriously despite their fictional nature and it was engaging to read about how all the elements build the land known as Utopia. Some elements sounding more sensible than other, however an engaging throughout.
Okay so firstly, this is not the edition I read but the edition I read has like an extra 150 pages to the amount of pages I actually read so I just looked for one that was a little more accurate.
This is an interesting read that I definitely would not have read if not for a class. This is where utopia gets its name as a genre! And lays the groundwork for the future subgenres we know of such as dystopian. Written in 1516, originally in Latin and has been revised and translated multiple times, I have gained such a strange understanding to how this genre has evolved. I didn't even think its history stretched this far back (and this is only where the term has been coined, earlier works still have utopian ideals!). It's a bit funny to read of a utopia that is just essentially communism with more equality in it than I would have expected from a 16th century writer, although that is simply for the concept of this story. Utopia is a world where everyone is equal and peace is achieved through the abolishment of private property. And while there was more equality than I expected it is still a dated read, there is of course still some sexism predominant among the Utopians and slavery is still seen as beneficial so go into that with what you will. It was interesting, though, and I'm intrigued about seeing how utopian/dystopian stories have taken inspiration from this text (I'm very happy I'm in a class focused on this). The book itself is a solid three star though, I don't want to rate it tremendously just because I'm enjoying the historical context haha.
This is an interesting read that I definitely would not have read if not for a class. This is where utopia gets its name as a genre! And lays the groundwork for the future subgenres we know of such as dystopian. Written in 1516, originally in Latin and has been revised and translated multiple times, I have gained such a strange understanding to how this genre has evolved. I didn't even think its history stretched this far back (and this is only where the term has been coined, earlier works still have utopian ideals!). It's a bit funny to read of a utopia that is just essentially communism with more equality in it than I would have expected from a 16th century writer, although that is simply for the concept of this story. Utopia is a world where everyone is equal and peace is achieved through the abolishment of private property. And while there was more equality than I expected it is still a dated read, there is of course still some sexism predominant among the Utopians and slavery is still seen as beneficial so go into that with what you will. It was interesting, though, and I'm intrigued about seeing how utopian/dystopian stories have taken inspiration from this text (I'm very happy I'm in a class focused on this). The book itself is a solid three star though, I don't want to rate it tremendously just because I'm enjoying the historical context haha.
3.7 stars. Thomas More was an i think important figure in Queen Elizabeth I court in the 1500s. The things I've previously knew about him have been from the fictions book my Hillary Mantel. Utopia is a fiction book by Thomas More where Utopia is the perfect civilisation with out war or poverty. Not the most enjoyable or entertaining works of fiction out dear but the history context of it alone is fascinating and its very cool that I was able to consume the story from the comfort of my phone.
challenging
reflective
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:
No
challenging
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
N/A
Strong character development:
N/A
Loveable characters:
N/A
Very pretentious philosophy
Platonic thought re-wrapped for the Renaissance, or so I gathered anyways. Very digestible given the intimidating "political philosophy" tag associated with it.
once again, political philosophy is hard to rate on the goodreads star scale, but he kind of ate this up