The Man in the High Castle by Philip K. Dick

3.4 AVERAGE

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smiles93's review against another edition

4.0
challenging dark mysterious reflective tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

itsnox's review against another edition

4.0
challenging mysterious reflective medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

aabs's review against another edition

SUMMARY:
It's America in 1962. Slavery is legal once again. the few Jews who still survive hide under assumed names. In San Francisco the I Ching is as common as the Yellow Pages. All because some 20 years earlier the United States lost a war--and is now occupied jointly by Nazi Germany and Japan. This harrowing, Hugo Award-winning novel is the work that established Philip K. Dick as an innovator in science fiction while breaking the barrier between science fiction and the serious novel of ideas. In it Dick offers a haunting vision of history as a nightmare from which it may just be possible to awake.

numinoso's review against another edition

3.5
mysterious reflective medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

tkmax92's review against another edition

5.0
dark reflective tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: N/A
Loveable characters: N/A
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: N/A
Excellent and terrifying of what might have been 

nina817's review against another edition

3.5
challenging reflective slow-paced

cirw11's review against another edition

2.0
ok

lennylaserdisc's review against another edition

3.25
dark mysterious tense medium-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: No

miss_twiddle's review against another edition

4.5
dark mysterious fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

soymilkduck's review against another edition

4.0
adventurous funny mysterious tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated
I'm surprised this book doesn't have a higher rating!
I actually liked the I Ching element and how it held the story together. Also enjoyed how the characters’ stories intertwined, and thought the the book is very meta. Especially tackling so many differnet topics at once. 
It was a bit difficult to get into at first, but I was drawn in by the action in the end, plus the shift in focus to Juliana. I originally found the character kind of insufferable, but she ended up being one of the most interesting parts of the story.