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4.07 AVERAGE
4.07 AVERAGE
Certainly some interesting science and philosophical discussion in this tale. I thought the ending a bit anticlimactic. The tale develops fairly slowly with the gathering of radio telescope data from an area in space near a star. A mere twenty-five light years away. If nothing else, the humans on earth from countries that rarely talk to each other, learn to work together and put their antagonistic natures aside. Long story short, a "machine" is built from the telescope data, a trip is taken, the antagonists return to their true nature and life resumes as if nothing has happened.
Did I say philosophical discussions?
I won't bother renting the movie.
Did I say philosophical discussions?
I won't bother renting the movie.
challenging
emotional
hopeful
mysterious
reflective
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:
No
I love this, I don't understand it all, but I love it nontheless. I wish I had the capacity to fully understand everything in it, but the point comes across all the same.
adventurous
hopeful
inspiring
mysterious
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Interesting book. Just two issues preventing it from being a great book. First, two initial thirds of the book are spent on the preparation for contact. A nice development. But, the most important part, the contact, goes in merely a third of the book, as if the author was on a hurry to finish it .Second, a certain lack of imagination to develop it.
Could totally tell this was written by a white guy in the 1980's.. the religion v science plot line.. bleh. could have done without it.
(Popsugar Challenge 2020: A book about or by a woman in STEM)
I'm not usually a fan of hard sci-fi, but I really enjoyed this. To be fair, a lot of this book is more about religion than science, but I LOVED the debate and thought the plot was a great idea. Sagan did a great job of not crucifying people of faith (see what I did there :) ) and in the end I felt that he was probably agnostic (I had always assumed he was an atheist). The only thing that seemed to be missing was tension. There was some, but overall, it was pretty "even-keeled" throughout.
emotional
mysterious
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes