Apart from its other serious and manifest flaws (preachiness and tiresomely repetitive philosophizing being the most obvious) this book has serious issues in its portrayal of women and sexual relationships. This vision of the future is mired in rape fantasies and misogyny. Very uncomfortable reading.

This book was a lot...in some ways good, in some ways not so much. It wasn't bad, I enjoyed. There are long, philosophical and ethical treatises and rants, many of which were thought provoking. But it did leave something to be desired as far as action and character goes. But seriously, there's commentary on machines, government, autonomy, labor, economics, and even religion. The author had a lot on his mind when he wrote this and wanted to get a lout of it out there. I enjoyed it, but not sure I'll want to revisit it soon, even if I continue to think about it.

i wish i was motivated and eloquent enough to write why this book deserves a 5 star and a 1 star at the same time.

Re-read: Mistake. I remembered it as more profound than it actually was. Maybe I read it in a more impressionable phase before.

The first half of this book is terrible, I can’t lie. I almost DNF’d, however I persevered and the second half is better.

The idea is intriguing and interesting, but there is a LOT of philosophising about sex and masochism.

This novel had to the potential to be so much more than it actually was and that really disappointed me. For most of the first half I actually had no idea what I was reading