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4.07 AVERAGE
4.07 AVERAGE
"For small creatures such as we the vastness is bearable only through love." Sob. Sob. Literal sobbing.
Carl Sagan is and has been my one significant inspiration, not because I do anything as important as he did, (or because I possibly could- I couldn't) but because I've never felt more alive and in awe as I do when I read his works. Doesn't matter if it is fiction or non-fiction. Actually just watching Cosmos is a fascinating experience in every way.
I so strongly connected to this book I cried intermittently through the last 50-75 pages, and sobbed through the last few. I finished the final page and I, absentmindedly, carried the book around with me until I realized what I was doing.
Spectacular. What a beautiful world he left for us in his passing, but what a devastating loss we should feel now that he's not here to share it with us.
5 stars. 5 billion, actually. No, billions and billions.
Carl Sagan is and has been my one significant inspiration, not because I do anything as important as he did, (or because I possibly could- I couldn't) but because I've never felt more alive and in awe as I do when I read his works. Doesn't matter if it is fiction or non-fiction. Actually just watching Cosmos is a fascinating experience in every way.
I so strongly connected to this book I cried intermittently through the last 50-75 pages, and sobbed through the last few. I finished the final page and I, absentmindedly, carried the book around with me until I realized what I was doing.
Spectacular. What a beautiful world he left for us in his passing, but what a devastating loss we should feel now that he's not here to share it with us.
5 stars. 5 billion, actually. No, billions and billions.
I don't think I'm ~smart~ enough to fully appreciate this book.
Way more philosophy and religion than I was expecting for a sci-fi novel, and I honestly found the end anticlimactic after the long build up.
Way more philosophy and religion than I was expecting for a sci-fi novel, and I honestly found the end anticlimactic after the long build up.
Grade: A
Sagan is just too good. What a brilliant scientist and author to write a novel so mind-bogglingly plausible.
Sagan is just too good. What a brilliant scientist and author to write a novel so mind-bogglingly plausible.
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
adventurous
dark
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
mysterious
reflective
slow-paced
Since I read the Norwegian version, there were some translations I did not entirely agree with, but the book is itself is great.
I found it deeply contrived and slow. The characters did not feel relatable or real. I wanted way more aliens.
Quizás el libro de ciencia ficción más densa y realista que me he leído hasta hoy. Se nota la brillantez de un Carl Sagan que hizo cuanto quiso. Es sorprendente lo real que se lee todo, incluso algunas de sus predicciones para la sociedad en que vivimos.
Honestly, the most religious book i've ever read.
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
mysterious
reflective
medium-paced
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No