francisthethird's review
adventurous
challenging
dark
medium-paced
3.0
Spoiler
it was all a dream???Spoiler
benholmes's review against another edition
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
Such a great book.
cattymills's review against another edition
5.0
Unrelentingly paced. Very interesting world. Funny/repulsive.
fynnuhlig's review against another edition
challenging
funny
inspiring
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
thenorpa's review against another edition
4.0
Bardzo przyjemna lektura. Opowiada zarazem o utopii i dystopii. Jeśli chodzi o tą tematykę, myślę, że jest znacznie zgrabniejsza niż Orwell i Huxley. Może być ją trudno zrozumieć przez nagromadzenie neologizmów, ale zarazem to jej plus, pewnego rodzaju lingwistyczny smaczek. Pełna konstruktów i symulakr. Warto dać jej szansę.
nakorvis's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
funny
mysterious
reflective
sad
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
gullevek's review against another edition
5.0
Lem, Lem is always such an enjoyment to read. Smart and good writing. I can just highly recommend this book.
tzok's review against another edition
dark
funny
mysterious
reflective
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
zachbrumaire's review against another edition
4.0
By turns hilarious and horrifying, Lem poignantly disassembles ave reinterprets his worrks of creation, which elevate worldbuilding to a new kind utterly of totalizing nightmare prophecy. no border is to be found been scientific speculation and a tender sort of poetic torture, where everything from surreal pharmaceutical brands to scatological ontology is deployed to disturbing effect. the reader finds oneself interpolated, if only vicariously, in our protagonist's fly-in-a-web prediciment, for with every effort to resist or subvert his prediciment, he himself is made complicit in the advertisement of his own painfully seductive paranoia. at once predating and surpassing media such as The Matrix, Inception, and the like, Lem's exploration of the mind as a (literal or metaphorical) pharmo-carceral state comes recommended for anyone interested in what one might call nightmare philosophy.