1.37k reviews for:

Contact

Carl Sagan

4.07 AVERAGE

nickt's review against another edition

4.0

inspiring mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

msteasam's review against another edition

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Heavy on the explanations, but light on prose, characterisation, and plotting. The writing is very dry and did not manage to engage me at all. I can tell that Sagan doesn’t generally write fiction. This felt clunky and just didn’t work for me.

twilightstar84's review against another edition

5.0

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A stroke of genius in Science Fiction. I truly dug the ethical and moral entanglements that the book engaged in so well. If you're into Science Fiction, Contact is a novel that you shouldn't pass up.

astralvoyages's review against another edition

5.0

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As a novel, one can be forgiven for thinking it overstays its welcome at times. It has moments of rich irony, great philosophical waxing, and rather vivid imagery. The pacing can feel a bit jerky at times, but read at the right pace, it’s a true trip.

As sci-fi novels go, it doesn’t hurt to be written by one of the great popular scientists.

mudcrab_v2's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

lmcoy's review against another edition

4.25

adventurous informative inspiring slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

emmasaga's review against another edition

3.75

adventurous challenging hopeful informative inspiring mysterious reflective relaxing sad slow-paced

soyqueso's review against another edition

2.75

adventurous fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

snowraven's review against another edition

5.0

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I love Carl Sagan and this is one of the reasons why. A truly amazing book.

wesley_tiel's review against another edition

4.5

informative inspiring mysterious sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated