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3.56 AVERAGE
3.56 AVERAGE
adventurous
emotional
funny
lighthearted
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Solid world-building and adventure for its time, with only a hint of misogyny and 1970's creepiness.
Normally I have no problem imagining the settings for futuristic novels, but the sheer enormity of the Ringworld, and the general weirdness of the Puppeteer made it difficult.
informative
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
N/A
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
This put me in a 3 month reading slump so I cannot give it any higher. It also doesn't help that the author hates women and there was Way more eugenics than I would have wanted (0). There were really interesting world building elements, but the plot itself felt like it went basically nowhere, and the main character is maybe the worst book MC I've ever had to read about. Mother of all self-inserts, at the expense of any actual interesting developments for Teela and Speaker.
"Ringworld" by Larry Niven offers an incredibly immersive reading experience.
The detailed portrayal of technological and geographical aspects of the Ringworld creates a vivid and captivating setting. Initially, the characters may come across as arrogant and one-dimensional, yet they gradually evolve, gaining depth throughout the story. This character development adds a compelling layer to the narrative, resulting in a truly memorable reading experience that lingers in one's memory.
Overall, "Ringworld" delivers a beautifully crafted journey that remains unforgettable.
The detailed portrayal of technological and geographical aspects of the Ringworld creates a vivid and captivating setting. Initially, the characters may come across as arrogant and one-dimensional, yet they gradually evolve, gaining depth throughout the story. This character development adds a compelling layer to the narrative, resulting in a truly memorable reading experience that lingers in one's memory.
Overall, "Ringworld" delivers a beautifully crafted journey that remains unforgettable.
Entertaining and interesting, for the most part.
12-year-old me would have been far more into it. Now I read the women-as-sex-things with disappointment and sadness.
12-year-old me would have been far more into it. Now I read the women-as-sex-things with disappointment and sadness.
adventurous
funny
hopeful
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
adventurous
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
This is a good book. An amazing concept and fantastic execution. This is also clearly dated prose and old-fashioned sci-fi writing. The text isn't written with modern era PC filters in place. Not that PC is a bad thing... it's a new thing.
BUT, to all the reviewers that claim "MISOGYNY!":
This book is not misogynistic. Larry Niven is writing about multiple aliens and their worlds. The alien societies that populate his books do not share post women's lib human ethics or behavior. Even the hominids in the book are separated from all real known human races by millennia.
Moreover, the way Mr Niven chose to write his women characters are solely a reflection of social structures in alien cultures. These fictional females are not a reflection of misogyny from him. I mean, he can write his aliens however the hell he wants to. There are even multiple racist and specieist characters... However, why do people accept, more easily, his racist male fictional characters over a misogynistic male character?
BUT, to all the reviewers that claim "MISOGYNY!":
This book is not misogynistic. Larry Niven is writing about multiple aliens and their worlds. The alien societies that populate his books do not share post women's lib human ethics or behavior. Even the hominids in the book are separated from all real known human races by millennia.
Moreover, the way Mr Niven chose to write his women characters are solely a reflection of social structures in alien cultures. These fictional females are not a reflection of misogyny from him. I mean, he can write his aliens however the hell he wants to. There are even multiple racist and specieist characters... However, why do people accept, more easily, his racist male fictional characters over a misogynistic male character?