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Mar 11, 2018jewaters06 rated this title 3.5 out of 5 stars
I didn't rate this book as highly as I would have preferred. Despite the hooray and praise surrounding the novel it failed to enthrall me. I struggled through every chapter, but I tried to keep an open mind to the ideas an social commentary the author was making. From a literary context the novel is well written, well organized, and the story creates a world full of imagination. However, I had a very hard time relating the main character and an even more difficult time relating to his wife or to Rachel. But, I contemplate the fact that it may be the authors point to make his characters difficult to relate too considering most of them are humanoid robots. However, even Deckerd with his needy disposition to 'keep up with the joneses' and snide, near caustic, attitude towards all female characters, failed to inspire empathy. If you want a dystopian novel that presents human desire for empathetic connection in a existentialist, materialistic world yet robs you of that emotional fulfillment then this is the novel for you. Please don't misunderstand, the author is an imaginative genius and his novel presents incredible themes and perceptions on modern society - I simply didn't enjoy it as much as I had hoped.