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A review by maddb_96
We by Yevgeny Zamyatin
adventurous
dark
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Enjoyed the start of this book but the last 3 quarters were not very easy to follow.
Some of the concepts I liked were: everything being reduced to mathematics to eliminate harm, dreaming meaning a person is ill, having an imagination being illegal and having to have an operation to remove it, everyone having to live by a timetable and do things at exactly the same time, houses being made of glass so everything was always observed, having to have a pink ticket to have sex with someone (and this being the only time a blind was allowed to be used).
I feel like it had really good potential and some great lines in there but overall I just didn’t feel connected to the story/protagonist. Maybe it was hard to follow bc the protagonist seemed mentally unwell to the point where he didn’t even know who he was and I was confused about why that was and how that played into the story.
Also it seemed racist at points, he kept referring to ‘African lips’ and I get that it was written like 100 years ago but it just made me dislike it even more.
Some of the concepts I liked were: everything being reduced to mathematics to eliminate harm, dreaming meaning a person is ill, having an imagination being illegal and having to have an operation to remove it, everyone having to live by a timetable and do things at exactly the same time, houses being made of glass so everything was always observed, having to have a pink ticket to have sex with someone (and this being the only time a blind was allowed to be used).
I feel like it had really good potential and some great lines in there but overall I just didn’t feel connected to the story/protagonist. Maybe it was hard to follow bc the protagonist seemed mentally unwell to the point where he didn’t even know who he was and I was confused about why that was and how that played into the story.
Also it seemed racist at points, he kept referring to ‘African lips’ and I get that it was written like 100 years ago but it just made me dislike it even more.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Racial slurs and Racism