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heron17's review against another edition
challenging
dark
mysterious
reflective
sad
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? N/A
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child abuse and Torture
Minor: Excrement
dismeria's review against another edition
challenging
inspiring
mysterious
reflective
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
This was an outstanding but brief read. It made me sit in silence and reflect for a full hour. I highly recommend it to anyone willing to read it. It's important to take a moment to reflect on the meaning and point of this story. What I took from this story is just how it relates to our world today and how we often create these bubbles around ourselves that act as barriers, separating us from the realities occurring outside those bubbles.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child abuse, Physical abuse, and Torture
hapikohw's review against another edition
dark
emotional
hopeful
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
A simple five pages can be so rich, have so many intertexual companions, spark so many thoughts... Le Guin, you are THAT writer!
Utopia is possible, pleasure can exist without pain giving it worth - we just can't imagine it yet.
Utopia is possible, pleasure can exist without pain giving it worth - we just can't imagine it yet.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child abuse, Confinement, Torture, and Abandonment
marian26's review against another edition
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
Content Warnings
Moderate: Torture
emfass's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
inspiring
mysterious
reflective
sad
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? N/A
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
An absolute emotional wallop of a short story. What does utopia/a good life cost, and are we willing to pay that cost? What do we do, who are we, when we've been shown the dark underbelly of our world?
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child abuse, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Torture, Forced institutionalization, and Abandonment
Minor: Sexual content and Excrement
kedepokan's review against another edition
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Confinement and Torture
Moderate: Child abuse and Abandonment
Minor: Alcoholism, Drug use, Physical abuse, and Alcohol
noxygens's review against another edition
inspiring
reflective
sad
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? N/A
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child abuse and Confinement
Moderate: Torture
kendrakeuler's review against another edition
reflective
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? N/A
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
It was incredible such an interesting concept. When I started reading it I didn't know what I was getting into but this was truely gut wrench and I'm still unsure what I would do. You think it would be an easy decision but in reality we live in our own version Omelas our success always comes from comes down fall because at the end of the day if everyone is a winner no one can truely be a winner. I also think a lot of their joy sentence from the fact that they're grateful for what they do have because they see where they could be. Just like when we are able to recognize and get joy out of being grateful when realize what we have at others don't. To Some this up this is story poses an incredible philosophical question and makes you question whether at the end of the day group happiness out way one persons happiness.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child abuse, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Torture, Forced institutionalization, Excrement, and Abandonment
morganperks's review against another edition
dark
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? N/A
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
i'm sorry, what
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child abuse, Confinement, Torture, and Abandonment
jasminrain's review against another edition
challenging
dark
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? N/A
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
I don't know how I really feel about this one. I've heard a lot about it but I didn't realize it was a short story instead of a novel before I started reading it. So I basically knew the whole story before reading it. I understand the value of the story and the reflections of the ethical questions involved, but I feel like the story just needed more depth. I would have been happy to read a whole book about it.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child abuse, Physical abuse, and Torture
Moderate: Slavery