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Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick

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yennn's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious reflective medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? N/A
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

Update 22 April 2024: I’ve lowered my rating to 2, because it took me way too long to get through and put me in a reading slump somehow!!!

This book felt way ahead of its time and surprisingly much deeper than I thought it would be. I was sort of expecting more…robot bounty killing and action?

Anyways, almost immediately, I’m struggling to not associate this with franchises like Cyberpunk – I’ve never actually seen Blade Runner, so no issues there. There’s an almost comical contrast between the old and new technologies that was really interesting to read about. After a spout of info dumping about androids, I felt jump scared by the appearance of Kleenex. Truthfully, I had questions about the state of the Earth, but…you know when the answer is just ‘because sci-fi?’ The worldbuilding wasn’t too bad, but I wanted to know a little more about the off-world and android situation.

I greatly enjoyed the interactions with the androids and was having fun second guessing who was or wasn’t an android. But about half way through, where the other MC J. R. Isodore and ‘Mercisicm,’ (a religion? Cult?) intersected with bounty hunter Rick Deckard…. I started to lose interest. It ended up feeling like an ‘ersatz’ grand ending, but I felt so small reading this, whether because of the language barriers, or because of the pacing in the latter half I have no idea.

My very lukewarm review…. I neither disliked nor liked this. It was okay.

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blau_elmo's review against another edition

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dark mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

The basis of Blade Runner, this book features the classic premise of an android-ridden future, where questions regarding the equality of rights between humans and androids are constantly presented.

A bit boring and slow though, and with the ubiquity of this topic in modern media, the originator of this trope does not seem as refined. Still, a thought-provoking read.

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sputnik2's review against another edition

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dark emotional reflective tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.75

I'm not a big fan of the ending, as it doesn't match any themes of the prior chapters, however, it was very Vonnegut-esk, which I enjoyed. In a span of 224 pages, Phillip K. Dick has brought the existentialism of humanity to us through only a few characters. It carries many messages and themes and is great to annotate and analyze.
But fr tho, one of my favorites.

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thereadingdude's review against another edition

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adventurous reflective medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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lilaceous's review against another edition

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adventurous dark mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

characters -

plot - ⭐️

engaging to read - ⭐️

would recommend -

would read again -

the world building felt so underdeveloped to me that it took away from my enjoyment of the book almost entirely. it deals with topics and ideas that could have been profound but were handled on a surface level.

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