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3.55 AVERAGE
3.55 AVERAGE
adventurous
challenging
dark
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Was a little slow at the beginning but it picked up speed and was a very enthralling and thought provoking piece.
adventurous
challenging
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-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
The first few chapters felt like a slog to get through, but once he reaches the island things really pick up. The atmosphere in this book is so tense and the body horror is excellent. The questions raised by the book about humanity and scientific ethics still hold up today
if i got dropped at island my book would be 5 pages long bc i wouldve just killed myself prendick
adventurous
challenging
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
N/A
Would give a 3.5 if Goodreads allowed half stars like any self respecting reviewing website should but whatever. Honestly the beginning was just a bit too slow and it was about halfway through before I was truly hooked. And it's not a long read! But it still took me a bit to get through as a result.
Once it gets going the actual themes are really interesting and it's a solid piece of sci-fi that is clearly the inspo for so many other works of art that I love. Love the body horror that was genuinely unsettling. The questions about how fragile society might be were framed in a way that felt worth considering. The presentation of religion as a means to keep our animal instincts in check was sort of a praise of it as a tool but also a critique of it as a trick to keep us fearful of revolt? I thought that was neat.
Overall I'm glad I read it and it's worth reading but it's not an all-time fave for me. There's enough here though that I could conceivably be compelled to reread and reconsider it at some point.
Once it gets going the actual themes are really interesting and it's a solid piece of sci-fi that is clearly the inspo for so many other works of art that I love. Love the body horror that was genuinely unsettling. The questions about how fragile society might be were framed in a way that felt worth considering. The presentation of religion as a means to keep our animal instincts in check was sort of a praise of it as a tool but also a critique of it as a trick to keep us fearful of revolt? I thought that was neat.
Overall I'm glad I read it and it's worth reading but it's not an all-time fave for me. There's enough here though that I could conceivably be compelled to reread and reconsider it at some point.
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Completely twisted stuff
reflective
Tame by modern standards. I need more psycho-sexual body horror.