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3.89 AVERAGE
3.89 AVERAGE
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
challenging
dark
mysterious
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
reflective
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
adventurous
challenging
emotional
informative
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Read for my science fiction classics class.
dark
emotional
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
mysterious
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
dark
reflective
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
This is a book of themes and ideas. During the first read of this book, you might realize that a lot of things seem strange, and confusing. There will be points in the book that you find hard to understand. And many times you question what you’ve just read. It’s more important to focus on the themes here rather than the plot or characters. I think the goal of the book was to question the idea we might hold on being human and empathy. There is much to be gained from this book if you think about it that way.
Content Warnings
Minor: Mental illness, Sexual content
This may possible be the exception to the rule "movies turn out worse than books". But the two are so different that it's a stretch to consider Blade Runner a movie based on Do Androids etc.
Did I like this book? Perhaps. I can't easily say. It is technically not a great book, plot and prose-wise. It's good but not great. Characters are much less described than in the movie, bar for Deckard's. The first half of the book is superior to the second half, in which most of the great ideas are briefly introduced, or more like hinted at, but badly executed.
Action is non-existent. It's all "Rick shot, it died". Fine, I guess, it's not a pulp book after all. It's way more theological, philosophical and slightly more introspective than how the movie transposed it. Fans of descriptions, atmosphere, action and a more well-developed plot will be deluded by this book. Yet even as a great fan of the movie, I can't judge badly the book. It's much less than Blade Runner but more in another direction. Whereas Blade Runner is a sci-fi masterpiece, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? is a good sci-fi book. Ahead of its time but feels half-assed at times. Could have been great, it's simply good.
Still 4 stars deserving.
Did I like this book? Perhaps. I can't easily say. It is technically not a great book, plot and prose-wise. It's good but not great. Characters are much less described than in the movie, bar for Deckard's. The first half of the book is superior to the second half, in which most of the great ideas are briefly introduced, or more like hinted at, but badly executed.
Action is non-existent. It's all "Rick shot, it died". Fine, I guess, it's not a pulp book after all. It's way more theological, philosophical and slightly more introspective than how the movie transposed it. Fans of descriptions, atmosphere, action and a more well-developed plot will be deluded by this book. Yet even as a great fan of the movie, I can't judge badly the book. It's much less than Blade Runner but more in another direction. Whereas Blade Runner is a sci-fi masterpiece, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? is a good sci-fi book. Ahead of its time but feels half-assed at times. Could have been great, it's simply good.
Still 4 stars deserving.
challenging
dark
mysterious
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No