Reviews - Solaris | The StoryGraph

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Solaris

Stanisław Lem

3.76 AVERAGE

thelonejono's review against another edition

2.0

challenging dark emotional reflective slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Moments of true cosmic terror but not enough to make up for the pages and pages of textbook like hard science fiction that feel like homework

mouldycoffee's review against another edition

4.5

mysterious

mikenyby's review against another edition

3.0

challenging mysterious slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

I liked the very unique take on alien life, and the seeming futility of even trying understand it. I didn't like that much of it read like a peer-reviewed paper on the history of the exploration of Solaris. Left me ultimately ambivalent.

jaycrnwll's review against another edition

5.0

Couldn't put the book down. A wonderful read.

frauleinherr's review against another edition

3.0

“Man has gone out to explore other worlds and other civilizations without having explored his own labyrinth of dark passages and secret chambers, and without finding what lies behind doorways that he himself has sealed.”