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cowardlycod's review against another edition
adventurous
hopeful
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.5
Note : Mostly focused on after society collapses not the first few days.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Ableism and Sexism
why_not's review against another edition
challenging
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
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? No
3.5
To begin with this book has some dated views on sex and disability.
I do like the premise and although it feels played out today, this book is the inspiration for many of the wake up after the apocalypse stories.
Our main character Bill Masen doesn't seem to me to be a particularly interesting narrator. He certainly has his flaws but they don't ever feel questioned. He is written as if he is the defacto smartest person in the room (save for maybe Coker). The book explores interesting themes of ruthlessness at the end of the world and who you can really save, but they left me wanting.
Josella, the love interest, similarly feels flat. She is a mix between the strong woman who is ruthless and doesn't mind the sight of blood with a subservient woman who only wants to birth children.
The real strengthof this novel lies in the sci-fi triffids. They are explored enough to feel very alien but left quite mysterious at the same time. The conception of such a creature was enough to keep to keep me intrigued through a story I feel has been better told elsewhere.
I do like the premise and although it feels played out today, this book is the inspiration for many of the wake up after the apocalypse stories.
Our main character Bill Masen doesn't seem to me to be a particularly interesting narrator. He certainly has his flaws but they don't ever feel questioned. He is written as if he is the defacto smartest person in the room (save for maybe Coker). The book explores interesting themes of ruthlessness at the end of the world and who you can really save, but they left me wanting.
Josella, the love interest, similarly feels flat. She is a mix between the strong woman who is ruthless and doesn't mind the sight of blood with a subservient woman who only wants to birth children.
The real strengthof this novel lies in the sci-fi triffids. They are explored enough to feel very alien but left quite mysterious at the same time. The conception of such a creature was enough to keep to keep me intrigued through a story I feel has been better told elsewhere.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Ableism
leadpal's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
reflective
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.75
Content Warnings
Graphic: Pandemic/Epidemic, Suicide, and Terminal illness
Moderate: Ableism and Misogyny
Minor: Mental illness
mengzhenreads's review
dark
reflective
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
Banging post-apocalyptic novel about the fragility of human society in the face of man-eating plants and blindness with a healthy dose of Cold War and satellite weapon commentary.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Suicide, Death, and Ableism
Moderate: Violence, Physical abuse, and Child death
Minor: Gun violence and Rape
befnie's review against another edition
adventurous
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
0.5
I really hated this book. It absolutely drips with sexism and ableism.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexism, Suicide, and Ableism
Moderate: Sexual assault
Minor: Rape
nb_leftist's review against another edition
dark
hopeful
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.25
I thought it would be stupid, but it was actually quite interesting.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Ableism
elihrus's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
reflective
sad
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? No
4.0
A short fast book that makes you think about your worthiness as a human. Even though it was written in the 50s, you'll get a uneasy feeling that it was written just yesterday about modern times. The scarrines of civilization falling apart is really similar to modern ecology concerns.
Ignoring the tree page rant of one of the characters about women being good-for-nothing, it was a great dystopian quick read. Even though the characters were mostly flat.
Ignoring the tree page rant of one of the characters about women being good-for-nothing, it was a great dystopian quick read. Even though the characters were mostly flat.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Ableism, Gore, Alcohol, and Death
Moderate: Pandemic/Epidemic, Physical abuse, Suicide, Violence, and Murder
Minor: Pregnancy
banksa's review against another edition
dark
sad
tense
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
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Ableism, Sexism, Death, Suicide, and Child death
kieranyes's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Ableism and Death