Reviews

Martian Time-slip by Philip K. Dick

roshonline12's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny informative mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

enorace's review against another edition

challenging emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Colonisation, Racism, Suicide, Sexism, Racial slurs, Mental illness, and Rape

angus_mckeogh's review against another edition

4.0

I see a lot of reviews stating this is one of Dick’s more accessible books and perhaps that’s the case, I haven’t read enough of them to make that determination yet; but I thought it was really good. It could have almost been set on our home planet with the land speculation and whatnot. All about relationships and interpersonal skills and of course the frequent Dick theme of precognition. Overall a solid read.

zwwwp's review against another edition

adventurous medium-paced

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

3.0

nebulous_tide's review against another edition

4.0

Very good. Pretty insane. Lots of horrible characters to sink one’s teeth into. I especially loved how reading this in 2023 felt naughty because of all the offensive language.

Dropped a star because of the bizarre pacing, although I’m starting to think that’s just PDK’s style. It’s like he’s not sure where the story’s going, so he just keeps adding weird until a dam breaks and the ending flows out.

delaguila19's review against another edition

3.0

Recién se pone interesante a partir de la mitad, pero me gusto mucho la historia.

tokeen's review against another edition

adventurous emotional reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.75

badseedgirl's review against another edition

2.0

This is the second work by Phillip K. Dick I have read, the first being The Man In The High Castle and I guess he is just not the writer for me. I had a terrible time getting through this book, It just did not hold my attention. I considered DNFing this at several points but stuck with it. The writing is good, but the plot was so slow, that by the time it really started to pick up the pace, I was completely uninterested in what was going on.

horanna's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

hneite's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

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

3.5