Reviews tagging 'Misogyny'

Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick

28 reviews

nekoshka's review against another edition

reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Animal death, and Infidelity

Moderate: Death, Misogyny, and Sexism

Minor: Drug abuse and Abortion

_ciaran's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty

Moderate: Ableism, Bullying, and Misogyny

Minor: Animal death

rubybastille's review against another edition

This has aged extremely poorly. For example, of all the ways to convey an android girl’s unfamiliarity with normal human behavior, Dick opted to go with her forgetting to wear a shirt. How silly!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism

Moderate: Misogyny

katherine_shelton's review against another edition

dark funny reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

This was a strange book, with major noir attitude. The dialogue is campy and all the human women are secretaries or switchboard operators - which I found hilarious because the book takes place in 2021 (or a decade earlier, depending on the edition you read). The Dashiell Hammet style, the sexism, the Soviet union, the comparison between one woman and Greta Garbo(!) were all hilariously anachronistic, but also irritating at times. Male Sci-Fi writers of this generation all seem to suffer from the same disease, being forward thinking in a superficial/mechanical way, but obstinately regressive socially. If read like a satire, it can be enjoyable. If you like The Maltese Falcon, this is kind of like that - but with androids. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Misogyny

alaskan_bull_worm's review against another edition

adventurous dark reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Death, Gun violence, Sexism, Violence, and Murder

Minor: Animal death, Cursing, and Sexual content

mandkips's review against another edition

dark reflective

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Animal cruelty, and Animal death

Moderate: Mental illness, Misogyny, and Sexism

Minor: Infidelity, Sexual content, and Abortion

coolfijiwater's review against another edition

dark reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Animal cruelty, and Animal death

Moderate: Mental illness, Misogyny, and Sexism

Minor: Infidelity, Sexual content, and Abortion

brom's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

2.0

The book has a lot of interesting concepts, especially some that didn’t make it into the movie at all, like the religion Mercerism and the whole electric animals thing. 

But there were so many things I didn’t enjoy, most importantly the protagonist. We are obviously supposed to symphasize with him, which is just not possible. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty

Moderate: Misogyny and Sexism

Minor: Infidelity and Sexual content

helionaut's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Misogyny

jjreads331's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious reflective tense fast-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

2.0

I'm happy that I read this because it is one of the foundational texts of my favorite genre. And also the foundational text of one of my favorite movies. But Blade Runner managed to take what was good out of this story and make it great while leaving behind what didn't work. And there was some weird stuff in here that did not work for me. Especially egregious was how Rachel was written about and described. Really not on board with the misogyny of the early sci-fi world. Happy I finally ticked this off my list so that I never have to read it again.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Misogyny