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The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury

7 reviews

nerdkitten's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Colonisation, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Suicide, Gun violence, Murder, Alcohol, Violence, Forced institutionalization, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Ableism, Genocide, War, Vomit, Pandemic/Epidemic, Hate crime, Racism, Xenophobia, Confinement, Fatphobia, Injury/Injury detail, and Child death

Minor: Sexism, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Medical content, Blood, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Rape, Religious bigotry, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Sexual content

tfui's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Colonisation, and Murder

Moderate: Fatphobia, Sexism, Misogyny, and War

Minor: Cultural appropriation and Classism

andrewhatesham's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? N/A
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

This had a slow start and I was worried I wouldn't like it, but after the first few stories, I started to get into it, and there were some really great stories around the middle and end! I was also glad that everything kinda comes full circle by the end. There are some reoccurring characters that help connect the stories. Overall, it's a solid read.

"Ignorance is fatal, Mr. Garrett."

Out of all the stories in here, my favorite is "April 2005: Usher II" for sure. I thought it was so interesting, funny, and disturbing all at the same time!

"Science is no more than an investigation of a miracle we can never explain, and art is an interpretation of that miracle."

I liked this, but I didn't like it as much as The Illustrated Man which I read earlier this year. Both are worth reading though, so I would recommend both of them! The stories in The Illustrated Man are much less connected, and I think I prefer that because The Martian Chronicles is a bit monotonous considering EVERYTHING in it is about Mars.

"I'm numb and I'm tired. Too much has happened today. I feel as if I'd been out in a pounding rain for forty-eight hours without an umbrella or a coat. I'm soaked to the skin with emotion."

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs

Moderate: Colonisation, Genocide, and War

Minor: Murder, Death, Gun violence, and Sexism

alspacedout's review against another edition

dark hopeful mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism and Racial slurs

Moderate: Murder and Sexism

The chapter "June 2003: Way up in the Middle of the Air" contains a character using the n-word towards several black characters. While the character in question is clearly written as deplorable, the use of the slur can be very excessive.

witchythey's review

adventurous dark emotional hopeful fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

A classic, glad I finally got to read it!  Ray Bradbury's writing style is simply excellent. Off to think about mankind's folly..

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Murder, Sexism, War, Gun violence, Grief, and Colonisation

gracekatreads's review

adventurous dark funny medium-paced

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

5.0

Great reflection on humanity’s flaws that remains prescient today!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

Moderate: Racial slurs, Sexism, and Racism

val_reads's review

ABSOLUTELY HATED THIS BOOK, its the first book i dont finish, and I read books i dont like  on principle. SLOW pace, just when I thought we were getting somewhere everything went downhill, use of racial slurs and and couldnt get the point of the book. Ray, you disappoint me 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs

Moderate: Racism, Racial slurs, Sexism, Torture, and Xenophobia