morgathon 's review for:

The Illustrated Man by İlker Sönmez, Ray Bradbury

3.75

adventurous dark reflective sad fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Average rating: 3.86/5

Some stories I liked a lot, others not so much. As a collection I felt like /most/ of them belonged together. I feel the last “Illustrated Man” and the Epilogue were unfortunately anticlimactic and I’m bummed about it.
If you’re looking for some really good sci-fi stories and you like Bradbury’s style, this is good. If you want an artfully crafted short story collection I don’t think this is it. 


Dancing, So As Not to Be Dead: An Introduction by Ray Bradbury - 5/5 ⭐️
Prologue: The Illustrated Man - 5/5 ⭐️
The Veld - 5/5 ⭐️
Kaleidoscope - 4/5 ⭐️
The Other Foot - 2/5 ⭐️
The Highway - 2/5 ⭐️
The Man - 5/5 ⭐️
The Long Rain - 4/5 ⭐️
The Rocket Man - 5/5 ⭐️ 
The Last Night of the World - 4/5 ⭐️ 
The Exiles - 5/5 ⭐️ 
No Particular Night or Morning - 3/5 ⭐️ 
The Fox and the Forest - 4/5 ⭐️ 
The Visitor - 3/5 ⭐️ 
The Concrete Mixer - 5/5 ⭐️ 
Marionettes, Inc.  - 5/5 ⭐️ 
The City - 2/5 ⭐️ 
Zero Hour - 3/5 ⭐️ 
The Rocket - 4/5 ⭐️ 
The Illustrated Man - 3/5 ⭐️ 
Epilogue  - 3/5 ⭐️

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Fatphobia, Racism, Violence, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Colonisation, War