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A review by aliciasrealm
Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert A. Heinlein
3.0
I enjoyed Heinlein's descriptions of future technologies, like stereo tanks and reading machines. Very interesting to see how a person from the 60s imagined the future. I appreciated the religious and social commentary throughout, though I felt that was the bulk of the novel as opposed to the science fiction aspect.
The prose is often dialogue heavy and it quickly became a chore to follow who was speaking (there are so many characters!) Ultimately, I switched to the audiobook to finish the second half of the novel.
A number of statements made by and about women are antiquated and often problematic (many references to women's 'maternal instincts' and such) and it's unclear to me whether these statements are intended to reflect the author's own opinions on these subjects. It's difficult to look past statements such as, "Nine times out of ten, if a girl gets raped, it's at least partly her own fault." The context does not make that remark any less unsettling.
Some good, some bad, worth the read though a bit too long for what it was in my opinion.
The prose is often dialogue heavy and it quickly became a chore to follow who was speaking (there are so many characters!) Ultimately, I switched to the audiobook to finish the second half of the novel.
A number of statements made by and about women are antiquated and often problematic (many references to women's 'maternal instincts' and such) and it's unclear to me whether these statements are intended to reflect the author's own opinions on these subjects. It's difficult to look past statements such as, "Nine times out of ten, if a girl gets raped, it's at least partly her own fault." The context does not make that remark any less unsettling.
Some good, some bad, worth the read though a bit too long for what it was in my opinion.