charlote_1347 's review for:

Foundation Trilogy by Isaac Asimov

4.0

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This was a challenging, but satisfying, read. The content was immense and required constant, active participation from the reader, but this demand only heightened the enjoyment. It felt like the trilogy was imparting essential knowledge, uninfluenced by individual thought or action, and this style of writing is new to me. Original. I preferred the latter stories, primarily because of the developed characterisation and the maturation of plot. There was more to be invested in Foundation and Empire and Second Foundation. More to gain, and more to lose. The theme of emotional/mental control was an intriguing concept to explore also: the question of identifying such tampering, and the permanence of ‘conversion’ sent chills down my spine and inspired my own ideas simultaneously. This is certainly a collection I’m glad to have discovered and read, and I feel that anyone would benefit from exposure to them, even if the emotion they evoke is hatred. Sometimes self-reflection is not popular with public opinion – that doesn’t mean it isn’t valid.