Reviews with content warning for Sexism - Blade Runner ¿Sueñan los androides con ovejas eléctricas?

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Blade Runner ¿Sueñan los androides con ovejas eléctricas? by Philip K. Dick

41 reviews

ameliasbooks's review against another edition

3.0

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

Some interesting ideas, but the plot and the writing had more flaws than I expected from a praised modern classic like this. And then there's the misogyny of course and the ableism. If you don't read this, you are not really missing out.

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uncivilised_woman's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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tasi_moutz's review against another edition

4.25

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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sarahc99's review against another edition

2.0

challenging dark reflective tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

I liked the concept of this book and it could have been done in a really interesting way to explore what makes someone 'alive' and 'human' but the execution, especially in the second more action filled half of the book, was severely lacking.

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pozo67's review against another edition

4.5

challenging dark funny mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Gave me nightmares! Made me cry then scared then laugh. Unfortunately very much a boys' book although the way we only see things from our own perspective is one of the themes. It's a different world, a dystopia where someone being artificial or having a low IQ dooms them but being an insect doesn't! Very prescient to think about in our age of AI.

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shelbae_smirth's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous challenging dark reflective fast-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: Yes

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rednomii's review against another edition

2.5

dark emotional medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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thoseoldcrows23's review against another edition

3.0

adventurous dark medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

This book is very much a mixed bag for me. It's got a noir detective thing going on with its bounty hunter plot line, which is a type of story I generally enjoy, and I had fun with it. However, it is very much a product of its time, and I found its depiction of female characters to be pretty awful. It's also kind of corny in some places, and that made it hard to take seriously. I think I would really enjoy this plot in a more modern package with more up-to-date sensibilities but as it stands it was just OK.

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the_better_elwin's review against another edition

2.0

dark fast-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: Yes

I'm uncertain if the author had ever experienced a conversation. Felt like I was being beaten over the head with a club called philosophy.

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fierygecko's review against another edition

1.0

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

Rick Deckard, ya boring. Also, you give me the ick. My favourite part of this book was the three whole minutes of Iran's POV we get near the end, which is unfortunate because her only character trait is occasionally being depressed. I also liked J.R., but the way he's written is upsetting to me. This book lacks any real conflict and there is no character development. I finished the book because I was hoping to learn more about the weirdass religion the remaining citizens of... Earth? Terra? follow, but this story is allergic to worldbuilding so I was disappointed. This story is not, however, allergic to exposition, which is Rick Deckard's main role as the protagonist. What does he explain to us, you ask? Beats me. I started ignoring him. The man only talks about animals and androids, which would be interesting if I knew why we couldn't just breed more animals or why we started making androids. It seems the answer to both questions is "radiation", but nobody can tell you what that radiation is from. A War? That's only mentioned about one hundred times with no other explanation. There's a chance that I'm being harsh on this particular era of sci-fi, but I feel like this novel had so much interesting stuff going on around the main story, which was the least interesting part of the entire novel. The original title of the book, "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" led me to believe it was a bit of a think piece about technology. The summary of Blade Runner led me to believe androids were a dangerous and invasive evil. Neither of those things felt true during my reading. Lastly, the subtext of this novel is just sexist enough to be uncomfortable and ableist enough to make me angry. The use of the word "special" has aged like milk. Even if this is because of the time period the book was written in, I don't recommend it for a read in 2025.

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