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amralsayed0's Reviews (146)
“I'm not a drug salesman. I'm a writer."
"What makes you think a writer isn't a drug salesman?”
I have enjoyed this little story very much. It really took me out of my daily life and into San Lorenzo. Kurt's approach to satire is different and so well crafted and smooth that you would probably not notice it. It also got me interested in the made up religion of Bokononism
Absolutely, Brilliant!
Before starting this, I read about the series and I liked the premise but that wouldn't have meant much if the story and the characters weren't well written and properly thought out. And all throughout this book I felt the world was expanding as new concepts are being introduced and I could feel that the story is building up for something big.
And that's what I'm going to find out in the rest of this series. I'm looking forward to it.
Before starting this, I read about the series and I liked the premise but that wouldn't have meant much if the story and the characters weren't well written and properly thought out. And all throughout this book I felt the world was expanding as new concepts are being introduced and I could feel that the story is building up for something big.
And that's what I'm going to find out in the rest of this series. I'm looking forward to it.
I haven't read the whole thing, but about 80% of it. The part relevant to the course anyway.
This has been an incredible journey.
While this is a dystopian novel it is not too far from the real world. You could easily find cases in the real world of entire populations being brainwashed by the media to fear something or at least turn a blind eye to the injustice happening around them. If enough people are afraid, you can get anything to pass; even the most heinous of crimes could eventually become swallowable if supported by enough fear and propaganda, and if there is nothing to fear, a made up fear will do just fine.
While this is a dystopian novel it is not too far from the real world. You could easily find cases in the real world of entire populations being brainwashed by the media to fear something or at least turn a blind eye to the injustice happening around them. If enough people are afraid, you can get anything to pass; even the most heinous of crimes could eventually become swallowable if supported by enough fear and propaganda, and if there is nothing to fear, a made up fear will do just fine.
Spoiler
My heart sank when I read Conner's unwinding. I didn't know what to feel. I wanted to just drop the book after that part.“In a population of hundreds of millions, such a small number of people is a mere drop in the bucket... but enough drops can make any bucket overflow”
― Neal Shusterman, UnDivided
While the tone for the majority of this book is a bit grim, I enjoyed it very much. I would prefer a grim truth over a cheerful fiction. I suppose I would be at a disadvantage if what I just read in this booth is just a grim fiction, but I think Harari was objective enough while writing this book. I particularly like the first 2/3 of this book talking about the technological challenges humanity is facing and the different political and religious "stories" that humans believe.