Roadside Picnic by Boris Strugatsky, Arkady Strugatsky

3.96 AVERAGE

maciek_st's review against another edition

4.0
mysterious slow-paced

tracyjacks's review

3.5
dark medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

kilgore_trout96's review against another edition

3.75
adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

thebrianjohns's review against another edition

4.25
adventurous challenging dark 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
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jack_7's review against another edition

2.5
dark medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes

gaufrier's review against another edition

4.0
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: No
With lovable characters and an interesting setting, I enjoyed reading this one. It was a bit slow at times, and I felt it rather dissolved instead of ended, but I liked it. 

reeb's review against another edition

4.0
dark mysterious reflective sad slow-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

wvrs's review against another edition

4.0
adventurous dark mysterious reflective fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

tmoolah's review against another edition

4.0
Very human approach to a grand sci fi story which I love, what if aliens visited and simply didn’t give a shit about us
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paperback_whiplash's review against another edition

4.0
dark mysterious medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: N/A
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated
Loved the premise! Aliens came to earth and essentially leave their garbage over 6 different locations/zones. Only to leave as quickly as they arrive. It's commonly referred as  "the visitation" and that's all we really learn about it. The aliens didn't care to make contact, they just stopped for a "roadside picnic". 

The story follows Redrick Schuhart a "stalker" that breaks into these zones to steal alien artifacts to sell.