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ljones 's review for:
The Man in the High Castle
by Philip K. Dick
I was excited to dive into this classic, and there were several aspects I genuinely enjoyed. The creative speculative history and the book-within-a-book structure were particularly compelling. I was especially intrigued by how Philip K. Dick imagined two culturally distinct nations co-managing a country as vast as the United States. However, I found myself bogged down by the fragmented storylines, the heavy-handed themes around art, and the frequent use of the I Ching. These elements, while interesting in concept, ultimately became distracting and pulled me out of the narrative.