Reviews tagging 'Genocide'

The Man in the High Castle by Philip K. Dick

12 reviews

alexalily's review against another edition

challenging mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Colonisation, Classism, and Racial slurs

Moderate: Antisemitism, Gun violence, Violence, and Gore

Minor: Drug use, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Police brutality, Genocide, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Alcoholism, and Sexual content

one_womanarmy's review

adventurous challenging dark medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.25

Man in the High Castle showcases Dick's Russian-nesting-doll literary twists and leave-much-unanswered approach with keen political and cultural transformation. The macro changes to nations and culturesnreaukting in the Axis powers winning WWII are brought home through deeply unfamiliar patterns of behavior, politics, and familiar prepurposed tropes of racial and class prejudices across San Francisco, Colorado, and New York.

In the alternate timeline that serves as a spine, Franklin D. Roosevelt was assassinated in Miami in 1933 and the New Deal never got off the drawing board. After victory in Europe and the Pacific, Nazi Germany and Japan attacked the United States, ultimately dividing the U.S. in half, with the Rocky Mountains region a buffer zone between the superpowers. German technological superiority has drained the Mediterranean and converted it to farmland, while their moral depravity used atomic energy to unleash a holocaust on Africa. But reading this novel was like reading the dayplanner of a middle manager: thought provoking at times but terribly dull with little motivation or context for characters behind their immediate surroundings (and prejudices).

My rather middling rating reflects the fact that this is a slow and technical novel. It is not a particularly emotionally-engaging novel. Dick focuses on the politics and technicalities of the world, never developing much of a connection between the reader and any of the large cast of characters. My brain was impressed, and I'm glad I read it, but my heart wasn't really feeling it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Antisemitism, Genocide, and Xenophobia

franklola's review

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Antisemitism, Racism, Death, Forced institutionalization, Genocide, Hate crime, Violence, Deportation, Slavery, Grief, Colonisation, Police brutality, War, Murder, and Religious bigotry

misty_kb's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

2.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Antisemitism, Racial slurs, and Racism

Moderate: Murder

Minor: Genocide

butlerebecca's review

challenging dark reflective tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Xenophobia, Violence, Murder, Misogyny, Injury/Injury detail, Hate crime, Racial slurs, Racism, Antisemitism, Suicidal thoughts, Sexism, Physical abuse, and Death

Moderate: Slavery, Genocide, War, and Toxic relationship

blackberryjambaby's review

challenging dark mysterious tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Xenophobia, Ableism, Classism, Colonisation, Genocide, and Antisemitism

Moderate: Sexism, Body shaming, Racial slurs, War, Slavery, Police brutality, and Gun violence

Minor: Homophobia

fluffywhiskers's review against another edition

medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racial slurs, Xenophobia, Genocide, and Antisemitism

Minor: War and Police brutality

raxus's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Antisemitism, Death, Racial slurs, Xenophobia, Racism, and Genocide

Moderate: Slavery and Sexual content

lilacwhisker's review

challenging emotional reflective sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

I don’t know if it’s just the writing style or what. This book had a few good parts but mostly was boring.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Antisemitism, Colonisation, and Genocide

Minor: Gun violence

baney's review

dark hopeful tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Xenophobia, Slavery, Genocide, Racial slurs, and Racism

Moderate: Murder