3.02k reviews for:

Solaris

Stanisław Lem

3.76 AVERAGE

spenky's review against another edition

4.75

dark mysterious reflective 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

sethnblack's review against another edition

4.25

adventurous challenging reflective slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: N/A

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

geofisch's review against another edition

4.0

challenging dark mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

plantgal_jill's review against another edition

3.75

challenging mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

thesilentham's review against another edition

3.25

adventurous challenging emotional reflective tense medium-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

jane_denn's review against another edition

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Ok so did I read the last 30 pages of this? No I did not because Christ what a snooze fest. To be fair, the last 30 pages were discussed heavily in my class. I get it, from an analytical stand point I suppose. But wow! What a flat illustration of love! What a flat illustration period! Boo!!

hank_numinen's review against another edition

3.0

adventurous challenging mysterious tense slow-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

booleanne's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous challenging mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

chrystelve's review against another edition

2.75

adventurous challenging

dustincorreale's review against another edition

4.0

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Very unique and interesting. Sometimes sci-fi is just about lasers and spaceships or whatever but sometimes sci-fi can be great at opening up some human characteristic or philosophical idea by placing them in unfamiliar territory or submitting them to unnatural situations. The characters are painted lightly but I feel like that made the experience more inclusive. It's not really about how the character reacts to the specific situation, it's more about how we in general react, or would react. Foremost it's about the impossibility of understanding between humans and a non-human intelligence, but it also hits hard on guilt, fear, love, shame, identity, etc. It's not very long and it doesn't even feel particularly dense as you're reading, but there's a lot packed in there. I kept trying to think how I would feel or react to the situation but you're sort of robbed of coming to a conclusion. At first I was sort of let down by the ending but thinking about it I can't think of any other way for it to end.