Reviews

I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream by Harlan Ellison

mittland's review against another edition

4.0

hmmm can we discuss that once the men have been stripped of their freedom and essentially only the worst inhumane parts of them are left distilled they all turn to abuse the sole black woman in the group, insisting that it is intrinsically her fault that she is being abused and that they are the only sane ones left - dare i say it's social commentary?

diemelanie's review against another edition

1.0

Nicht unbedingt schlecht geschrieben. Allerdings vertreten die Protagonisten der Kurzgeschichten durchgehend ein unfassbar antiquiertes Geschlechterrollenverständnis, dass man sich ständig wünscht, die Antagonisten würden beim Quälen und Foltern der Hauptfigur noch etwas mehr Ehrgeiz und Einfallsreichtum an den Tag legen.

lydia02's review

dark tense fast-paced

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

3.75

witchycowboy's review against another edition

dark fast-paced

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

5.0

magpielz's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

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

4.25

It has been days, and this story still haunts me at random times throughout the day.

ghess's review against another edition

dark sad tense 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? No

3.25

habiaunapaloma's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

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

5.0

faithtrustpixiedust's review against another edition

1.0

I read this for the title because it sounded spooky.

I can understand why this was groundbreaking at the time, and I see what the author was attempting to say about the state of the world when this was written. Unfortunately, I hated this. The writing itself was mediocre and often extremely offensive. I found this literally painful to read. It was frankly disgusting. I was originally planning on reading the entire anthology but since I barely stomached this one, I've decided to change my review to the titular story exclusively.

c_tea's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

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

3.0

r4venen's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-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? Yes

4.5