7.77k reviews for:

Blade Runner

Philip K. Dick

3.89 AVERAGE

cybeleflame's review against another edition

3.0

dark mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

danamick's review against another edition

4.0

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Really compelling read

badb_catha's review against another edition

5.0

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So much better than the movie. Really glad I read this. It raises questions about the nature of life and the meaning of empathy in a way that stays with you.

cmattei's review against another edition

3.5

adventurous dark emotional hopeful reflective fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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It's hard to judge a work that has been so influential in its genre. Great idea but the story feels a bit flat. There isn't much tension or conflict, everything seems to just fall in place. 

graywild's review against another edition

3.5

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Rick is a bounty hunter who is tracking down 6 androids.  This is set in the future after a war that has killed many people and animals.  It is implied that the androids are killers and this is why Rick has been sent out the kill them.  At times it is a strong story highlighting emotional differences between humans and androids.  At other times it is confusing, especially with the character Mercer.  Animals do play a part in the story.  Blade Runner loosely based on characters but not exactly the same story. 

kirjanassi's review against another edition

4.25

adventurous emotional mysterious reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

mountfright's review against another edition

4.5

dark emotional inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

ashymorgi's review against another edition

4.0

dark mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

alleseter's review against another edition

4.0

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Het is 1992, een derde wereldoorlog heeft de wereld vuil en vol fall-out achtergelaten, de meeste dieren zijn uitgestorven en vele mensen zijn vertrokken naar Mars. In Californië verzorgt premiejager Rick Deckard zijn elektrische nep-schaap en jaagt hij op Androïden, die perfect op mensen lijken, maar empathie missen.

Dit laatste gegeven vormt de kern van de roman: het wezen van mens-zijn, lijkt Philip K. Dick te willen argumenteren, is niet zijn intellect, maar zijn vermogen tot medeleven. Dit levert interessante en mooie passages op wanneer de 'koude' en 'gemaakte' androïden met hun aanstaande moordenaars discussiëren over wat 'leven' is en wat hen anders maakt.

Verder onderscheidt de roman zich door een satirische, absurdistische ondertoon en sterk hallucinotoire passages, die meer indruk maken dan het gegeven de rijkdom aan ideeën vrij magere plot.

Geen meesterwerk, maar wel een originele SF met een unieke, grimmige sfeer.

gilgamesh_'s review against another edition

5.0

adventurous dark reflective tense medium-paced

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes