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This book, this collection of short stories which make up the illustrated man, manages to encompass the poignant reality of evolution in a beautiful and creative page-turner. So yeah, yeah it's really good.

Holy moly. I'm usually used to foreshadowing how a book's going to end. This however proved me so wrong, and I'm glad it did:)) This IS a masterpiece but what i liked more was the fact that Orwell made the plot, the characters, and the idea behind the world he's created so vivid, I found myself wanting to throw the book at a wall from all the hatred i had for "the party". This, this kind of literature will stay, and in decades from now after all the rubbish that we call books nowadays fade, this masterpiece will come to life again and again.

Thank you, Foer. Thanks for one of the best books that has been written in the 21st century.

There is an old saying "Do not dig a hole for somebody else; you yourself will fall into" Well, this should apply even when the hole is for Hitler. Written with ease and witty humour, this novel will literally have you laughing from the first few pages. (This book is truly a 3.7 but I couldn't have given it a 4)

It's a pity that such a lovely idea was so poorly written.

I couldn't be more happy to finally get to read the novel that was stuck on my book list since grade 6. This is a lovely piece of writing that genuinely makes you smile whilst you read about the roses and the ivy or daffodils that bloomed with life as the children did. Hidden in-between the descriptions of the moor and children a rather philosophical approach weaves its way, reminding us of what our most important goal should be- to live, "for ever and ever and ever."

I couldn't possibly downgrade this to merely 3 stars so 4 stars it is. This novel is simply like a soup of randomness, you get addicted to from the first page. I mean it's so fun. There are some people, like Douglas Adams who deserved an infinite life supply of free cookies for writing this awesome page-turner. I will stop here, but i could go on all day about how adorable Marvin, the depressed robot, or Ford, our witty hitchhiker are. Cheers Adams I truly hope you found the answer to the Ultimate Question, man.