Reviews - The Illustrated Man

1.81k reviews for:

The Illustrated Man

Ray Bradbury

4.07 AVERAGE

cjxyz's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

A diverse collection of short stories, but with some real classics like ‘The Veldt,’ The Playground,’ ‘The Last Night of the World’ and ‘The Rocket.’

vpeguri's review

4.25

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Eerie. Totally shifted my perspective on our relationship with the universe. Definitely not feeling existential.

neptunesdaughter's review against another edition

3.75

adventurous dark reflective fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

scottlugosi's review against another edition

4.0

Illustrated man Prologue/Epilogue - 5

Ratings & Rankings:

1) No Particular Night Or Morning - 5
2) The Exiles - 4.5
3) Kaleidoscope - 4.5
4) The Long Rain - 4
5) The Concrete Mixer - 4
6) The Veldt - 3.5
7) Zero Hour - 3.5
8) The Fox and The Forest - 3.5
9) The Visitor - 3
10) The Last Night Of The World - 3
11) The Other Foot - 3
12) Marionettes Inc - 3
13) The Rocket Man - 2.5
14) The City - 2.5
15) The Man - 2.5
16) The Highway - 2
17) The Rocket - 2
18) Fire Balloons - 1.5