Reviews tagging 'Misogyny'

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

22 reviews

zombiezami's review against another edition

dark emotional funny mysterious medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Gun violence, Classism, Sexism, Ableism, Animal cruelty, and Misogyny

Minor: Racism

itsnicholaslashay's review against another edition

adventurous dark reflective medium-paced

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

3.0

I’ve never watched Blade Runner so I didn’t have many expectations coming into this other than what I’ve heard about PKD. Unfortunately, he did not deliver for me and I couldn’t get myself to be interested in this book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death and Animal cruelty

Moderate: Misogyny and Ableism

Minor: Infidelity

louisallama's review against another edition

dark fast-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

2.0

Read if you enjoy: 

• Misogyny
• Sentences that don't make sense the first time you read them 
• Action scenes that are over in two sentences

Infidelity
The protagonist sleeping with an 18 year old 
The protagonist who kills androids for a living sleeping with an android
Sleeping with someone the day you meet them 
Falling in love immediately after having sex with someone 
Power imbalances

The stuff about specials was fucking gross, a person doesn't need a certain IQ to be seen as human good grief 
I don't understand why this is a classic. I've heard the film is only loosely based on the book which is good because this is garbage. I liked the stuff about animals. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Animal cruelty, Misogyny, and Infidelity

stjohn58's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

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

2.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Animal death, and Misogyny

nekoshka's review against another edition

reflective tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Infidelity, and Ableism

Moderate: Misogyny, Death, and Sexism

Minor: Drug abuse and Abortion

_ciaran's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty

Moderate: Bullying, Ableism, and Misogyny

Minor: Animal death

rubybastille's review against another edition

This has aged extremely poorly. For example, of all the ways to convey an android girl’s unfamiliarity with normal human behavior, Dick opted to go with her forgetting to wear a shirt. How silly!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism

Moderate: Misogyny

katherine_shelton's review against another edition

dark funny reflective medium-paced

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

3.75

This was a strange book, with major noir attitude. The dialogue is campy and all the human women are secretaries or switchboard operators - which I found hilarious because the book takes place in 2021 (or a decade earlier, depending on the edition you read). The Dashiell Hammet style, the sexism, the Soviet union, the comparison between one woman and Greta Garbo(!) were all hilariously anachronistic, but also irritating at times. Male Sci-Fi writers of this generation all seem to suffer from the same disease, being forward thinking in a superficial/mechanical way, but obstinately regressive socially. If read like a satire, it can be enjoyable. If you like The Maltese Falcon, this is kind of like that - but with androids. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Misogyny

alaskan_bull_worm's review against another edition

adventurous dark reflective medium-paced

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

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Death, Murder, Sexism, Violence, and Gun violence

Minor: Cursing, Sexual content, and Animal death

mandkips's review against another edition

dark reflective

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Animal cruelty, and Animal death

Moderate: Sexism, Misogyny, and Mental illness

Minor: Sexual content, Abortion, and Infidelity