Reviews

Эдем by Stanisław Lem

gabriell's review against another edition

challenging dark informative mysterious sad slow-paced

3.5

idaliestganzviel's review against another edition

adventurous reflective 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

3.5

psoglav's review against another edition

4.0

OCENA (overall rating) ★★★✫ 3½/5 stars
Radnja (story) ★★★★
Ideja (plot idea) ★★★★
Okruženje (setting) ★★★★
Pripovedanje (writing style) ★★★✫
Likovi (characters) ★★★✫

UTISAK (summary) - Još jedan prikaz pokušaja uspostavljanja kontakta sa vanzemaljskom civilizacijom i prokaz osnovnog problema da mi ljudi sve sagledavamo iz našeg "zemaljskog" konteksta. Likovi su arhetipovi naučnika i kao takvi zastupaju stavove u skladu sa granama nauke koje proučavaju. Odlični opisi vanzemaljske arhitekture.

valodniece's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense slow-paced

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

3.0

I wanted to love this. And the last quarter of the book, I think I did, because there they finally started getting into the socio-cultural context of the world they were on. But I felt nothing for the main characters - heck, we don't even know most of their names - because we know nothing about them as people. We only know how they react on this new planet, Eden, but that's all. It is really just a glorified scenery description with some observation of native sapiens.

misanthrope's review against another edition

adventurous challenging reflective medium-paced

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

3.0

An adventure story with political overtones. A bit long I’m description and short on action. An interesting story with big ideas. I am going to read more from this author.

witchuniverse's review against another edition

mysterious medium-paced

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

4.5

leesmyth's review against another edition

3.0

I liked it both as a time capsule of ideas of space travel and technology, and as an exploration of encounters with the truly alien Other. Don't know that I'd read it again though.

knockingonheavansbookstore's review against another edition

adventurous challenging mysterious medium-paced

3.5

gavgav's review against another edition

adventurous challenging reflective 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

3.75

davidet's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious slow-paced

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

3.0