Reviews - Le Maître du Haut Château

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Le Maître du Haut Château

Philip K. Dick

3.4 AVERAGE

brian_tales_n_ales's review against another edition

2.0

Interesting book to finish on December 7. Interesting premise offset by wallowing in Eastern philosophy and too much internal dialogue. Irritating diction. Lack of verbs, articles irritated.

bowienerd_82's review against another edition

3.0

challenging dark mysterious slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

sparkling_unicorn's review against another edition

4.0

reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

evareading's review against another edition

4.25

mysterious tense medium-paced

victorianabigail's review against another edition

3.0

I wasn't sure what to make of this one. Philip K. Dick's writing style is strong--the chapter involving

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Juliana and Joe in the hotel

was, I thought, especially evocative--and it certainly kept me reading. I think I expected more of a plot in the conventional sense, which this novel really didn't have--instead, it's something of a study of the lives of various characters within the alternate world that the author has created--and consequently, I think I was waiting for more of a payoff than there was; I found the ending fairly baffling. I would say that the book puzzled me, on the whole, but that I did find it absorbing.