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3.0 AVERAGE
3.0 AVERAGE
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
The Empress was so wonderfully taken with the Discourse of the Worm-men
I'm not going to rate this because it was fiendishly boring. I enjoyed some of the descriptive elements, but the Blazing World is so far from my own idea of utopia that I found it hard to just sit back and take in the pages and pages of philosophical rambling.
I hated when the Louse-men couldn't give the Empress an accurate weight for air, so she declared their entire scientific society fraudulent and disbanded it. Not chill at all. I also hated when she cruelly burned down hundreds of villages to depose a bunch of kings so that her favored ruler could control the entire globe in a militaristic autocracy. Not even a little chill.
I'm not going to rate this because it was fiendishly boring. I enjoyed some of the descriptive elements, but the Blazing World is so far from my own idea of utopia that I found it hard to just sit back and take in the pages and pages of philosophical rambling.
I hated when the Louse-men couldn't give the Empress an accurate weight for air, so she declared their entire scientific society fraudulent and disbanded it. Not chill at all. I also hated when she cruelly burned down hundreds of villages to depose a bunch of kings so that her favored ruler could control the entire globe in a militaristic autocracy. Not even a little chill.
adventurous
challenging
informative
reflective
slow-paced
I read about Margaret Cavendish in another book and fortunately my library had a copy of this. But then it turns out that 17th century British proto-feminist philosophical sci-fi is not really my thing and I didn't get much out of it. I even tried reading only a few pages a day, but nada. If you like any of those things, it's probably a great book.
This book is fascinating, and it's amazing to see such a brilliant mind at work. Her prose is a bit dense though, and it's something you should be definitely be in the mood to read. More thoughts here: https://elysareadsitall.wordpress.com/?p=5942
adventurous
challenging
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
adventurous
informative
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
N/A
Loveable characters:
N/A
adventurous
reflective
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Sorta bug nuts. I had the pleasure of having someone ask me what I was reading and responding aloud with whatever passage I was on, some philosophical conversation with Bear-men or Lice-men probably, and seeing the confusion on the asker's face. Such a fascinating object, and nothing like what I expected from utopian fiction (ala Charlotte Perkins Gilman's [b:Herland|531509|Herland|Charlotte Perkins Gilman|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1403189138l/531509._SY75_.jpg|83484] or something).