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Cradlegrave by John Smith, Edmund Bagwell
dark
sad
tense
medium-paced
3.5
Cradlegrave - 3.5/5
One of the most effective one-off stories in 2000AD, with a really great atmosphere that really lets you feel that humid British summer time and hothouse horror of all the body horror grossness that slowly creeps into the Cradlegrave Estate. I do think Smith maybe overdoes the accents a little to where it feels like parody, but I also know folk who speak like this so what do I know, and the ending is a little rushed and a letdown. Still, it really is one of the best one-off stories in 2000AD and really sets the tone for the golden age the magazine kind of reentered in the 2000s and is still sort of in to this day.
One of the most effective one-off stories in 2000AD, with a really great atmosphere that really lets you feel that humid British summer time and hothouse horror of all the body horror grossness that slowly creeps into the Cradlegrave Estate. I do think Smith maybe overdoes the accents a little to where it feels like parody, but I also know folk who speak like this so what do I know, and the ending is a little rushed and a letdown. Still, it really is one of the best one-off stories in 2000AD and really sets the tone for the golden age the magazine kind of reentered in the 2000s and is still sort of in to this day.
We by Yevgeny Zamyatin
3.0
We by Yevgeny Zamyatin
3.5 Stars
If this review had been written 2 'entries' into We I would've told you I hated everything about it, the way it was written, the countless unfinished sentences and the use of maths (ewwwwww!) and given it 1 star.
If you'd asked me halfway through the book I would've given you a solid 4 stars after getting used to the style and getting more interested in the plot and characters as well as getting over the maths and seeing and even appreciating the reason for the unfinished sentences.
However, after taking a small break from reading it and coming back and having to readapt to the book and not completely understanding what was going on during the books climax (which may have been the point) I knocked it down half a star.
This book is considered one of if not the first modern dystopian novel and inspired both 1984 and Brave New World. The plot is incredibly similar to 1984 although the world of We is more 'Sci-fiy' than 1984's post WWII feel and has an actual bonafide 1920's rocket ship and all the wacky science that makes it fly.
George Orwell admitted he lifted the plot for 1984 from We and you can tell although I do think 1984 is a better book (great artists steal) but that doesn't mean you shouldn't read this one.
Overall I'd recommend it to Dystopian and Political fiction fans who liked 1984, Brave New World and others.
3.5 Stars
If this review had been written 2 'entries' into We I would've told you I hated everything about it, the way it was written, the countless unfinished sentences and the use of maths (ewwwwww!) and given it 1 star.
If you'd asked me halfway through the book I would've given you a solid 4 stars after getting used to the style and getting more interested in the plot and characters as well as getting over the maths and seeing and even appreciating the reason for the unfinished sentences.
However, after taking a small break from reading it and coming back and having to readapt to the book and not completely understanding what was going on during the books climax (which may have been the point) I knocked it down half a star.
This book is considered one of if not the first modern dystopian novel and inspired both 1984 and Brave New World. The plot is incredibly similar to 1984 although the world of We is more 'Sci-fiy' than 1984's post WWII feel and has an actual bonafide 1920's rocket ship and all the wacky science that makes it fly.
George Orwell admitted he lifted the plot for 1984 from We and you can tell although I do think 1984 is a better book (great artists steal) but that doesn't mean you shouldn't read this one.
Overall I'd recommend it to Dystopian and Political fiction fans who liked 1984, Brave New World and others.