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The Man in the High Castle by Philip K. Dick

10 reviews

neonskylite's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-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

4.0

One of the only Nazi alt-histories I can stomach because a) its got that PKD freakiness in it and b) it has so thoroughly thought out what point it wants to make and carved out the niche its trying to depict in this world (that is, the americana art dealing world to talk about cultural capital and "authenticity"). 

Also I could give a 30 minute presentation about the many covers of this book

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Xenophobia, and Racial slurs

Moderate: Antisemitism and War

Minor: Slavery

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

damesies's review

challenging mysterious tense slow-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

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

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

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

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

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

michaelcoleallen's review

adventurous dark tense slow-paced

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

3.75

This was my introduction to PKD and it certainly has me hooked. The multiple narrators/split narrative allowed an experience of a high-power individual down to someone barely making it by with an alias to flesh out the world. Although, I felt that the cast of main characters might have benefited from paring down (I'm voting Reiss off, personally). And while worldbuilding was no doubt the strength of the novel, don't expect too many specifics on how the Axis powers won the war. What details there are about the government somewhat hinder the pacing of the plot. Also, keep a search engine handy for the references to Nazi figures and the occasional Japanese term.

The Man in the High Castle is more about how the realities of others come to influence and convince the individual of their own. That may be through history, government, media, social interactions, or even horoscopes. The scenes that explore this are doubtlessly where the novel has the most to say. This one is worth your time.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Violence, Xenophobia, Slavery, Racial slurs, and Racism

elysh_kaye's review

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Antisemitism, Colonisation, Genocide, Racial slurs, Racism, Slavery, War, and Xenophobia