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The Bradbury Report (2010)

by Steven Polansky(Favorite Author)

3.05 of 5 Votes: 4

ISBN

1847670601 (ISBN13: 9781847670601)

languge

English

genre

Science Fiction

publisher

Canongate Books

review 1: Things I liked: It was true to character. The "report" is written in first person and he stays true to his self described lack of creativity. Yes, it was tedious at times, but a socially awkward man such as Ray would have sounded like that.The narrator was great.Didn't like:Lack of answers. Very few of the things I wanted to know were asked or addressed.Sexual content. Could have done without it and it didn't fit into the book. That was probably the only thing I found inconsistent, so I wondered if it was added to the book so it would have sexual content. Nope, did not like it and would not recommend the book based on this alone.The jumping around in time was a little hard to follow. Perhaps if I'd read it rather than listened to it it wouldn't have confused me so m... moreuch. I did like all the additional info, but having it come non-chronologically was complicated for me.A little bit of offensive potty mouth.I would have expected the future to be a little more.... advanced. If we have clones, would we also have more cooler technology?Overall: Not a bad book. If the sexual content was gone, I would have given it more stars. The rest I could have lived with. Well, I'd have liked to know more about the clone, but at least he made it believable as to why we don't learn more. But I would no recommend this to my friends.
review 2: Disappointing in so many, many ways. The only thing saving it from getting a one is that I think the author had some sort of point in this mess, and since he was apparently trying to write a cautionary tale (most good SF and Speculative fiction serve as cautionary tales). The use of clones as spare parts would be pretty horrific, but frankly it has been done better. It seemed mainly a vehicle for his characters to have uncomfortable talks about sex and relationships (all of which happen off-book, BTW). less

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