Reviews tagging 'Animal death'

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

55 reviews

sillispike's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

this book is... beautifully written. such an interesting story and told so so well, so unbelievably engaging. when people say this is a must read they're 100% right - i think everyone should read this book at some time or other. it's actually so good i can't even put it into words. invokes strong emotion with a variety of characters, twists and turns, always at the edge of your seat. this book is wonderful.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal cruelty and Animal death

Minor: Sexual content

paralanguage's review against another edition

adventurous dark reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Animal death, and Infidelity

Minor: Sexual content

soupply's review

challenging emotional reflective tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Violence, Blood, and Police brutality

meaghanelizabook's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, and Murder

macliffe's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Murder

Moderate: Ableism, Infidelity, and Sexual content

lillygabriella's review against another edition

dark emotional sad medium-paced

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

3.0

Why is so much mid century sci-fi so depressing? Isn't that when we thought the future would be better?

That said, it's absolutely wild that Mr. Dick thought there would be androids in the 70s when he wrote it in 1968 and computers were still the size of rooms.  The main story is set in 2021 and I really think he would have done better to push it back to the 2200s it would be a lot more believable.  It's dark, dystopian, and tragic. And I don't think he actually understands what empathy means.

Blade runner is supposed to be based on this and all I can say is from what I remember the movie they left a whole lot out.


However bad the world is right now, at least we're doing better than this.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty and Animal death

Moderate: Bullying, Sexual content, Murder, and Classism

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

notzach's review

challenging dark mysterious fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty

Moderate: Animal death

Minor: Pedophilia

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