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Isle of Dogs (2018)
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In a dystopian Japan, a pack of dogs help a twelve-year-old boy find his lost canine.
Stop-motion
The Handmaid's Tale - Season 2
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The Emmy-winning drama series returns with a second season shaped by Offred's pregnancy and her...
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Chris Hooker (419 KP) rated The Rift in Books
Jan 12, 2018
[The Rift] by [Walter J. Williams] is exactly the type of book I love to read. I enjoy dystopian that could actually happen such as the Yellowstone Volcano or, in this case, the New Madrid Fault. [Williams] does a great job describing the events that could happen if this fault slipped. Also he does a nice job creating characters both likable and ones you keep hoping will die. The way he brings all the different story lines together is predictable but works. I recommend this book.
Suswatibasu (1701 KP) rated The Power in Books
Jul 27, 2017
Disturbing for its anthropological truths
I was pretty blown away by the subject matter. What if the tables were completely turned? Women in power, no longer in servitude. The level of violence only reflects the reality that women face daily. An extremely difficult but clever look at societal inequality from the other shoe.
There were times I lost track as the action became overwhelming but the fundamental moral remained true. Dark and disturbing but is it dystopian? Hard to say because that's the reality for many today.
There were times I lost track as the action became overwhelming but the fundamental moral remained true. Dark and disturbing but is it dystopian? Hard to say because that's the reality for many today.
Jeremy King (346 KP) rated Ready Player One (2018) in Movies
May 6, 2019
A good Gen X movie
This is a great movie to bad it did not meassure up to the book. Now saying that i gave it an 8. If it followed the book to a tee you could have had 2 or 3 movies easy from it. As a child of the 80s this movie hit home. It had both the feel of the 80s and the since of a dystopian future. I highly recommend watching the movie and reading the book, do it that order.
Kaz4ray (17 KP) rated What Happened to Monday (2017) in Movies
Jan 26, 2018
Too many characters (2 more)
It becomes really confusing after a while
I disliked the main characters so didn’t really care what happened to them
This is a great premise. In a future world where you can only have one child a grandfather keeps sextuplets and calls them Monday-Sunday. They all have a day of the week that they are allowed outside but one day Monday disappears. The other sisters set about to find her before their secret is discovered.
Jess Palin (52 KP) rated Anachrony in Tabletop Games
Feb 4, 2020
Strong theme (1 more)
Good quality
Dystopian themed worker placement game
This game is really not my cup of tea, which is an unpopular opinion to have in our house, since my husband is very fond of it. Although it is good-looking and I'm a fan of the exosuits, there is more interaction with the board than between players and I became increasingly restless (and grumpy) waiting for turns to be taken. It also felt overly complicated with very little pay-off in terms of enjoyment!
ClareR (5721 KP) rated The Book of Koli in Books
Mar 6, 2023
I’m a bit of a fan of dystopian fiction. I say “a bit” - I like it a lot. It’s just that I tend to dream about what I read, and a lot of dystopian fiction can be quite scary. So I had a few nights dreaming about killer trees and plants, drones that just want to shoot you, and people that want to eat other people (potentially - that becomes clearer as the book goes on!).
It’s entirely believable though (in MY head, anyway!). Some catastrophe has happened in the past that has rendered all technology completely useless - unless you have the gift, that is. And Koli, it turns out, has. Except he’s not supposed to, and he’s exiled from his village.
Tech is considered to be like magic, and so when Koli actually manages to switch something on and learns how it’s done - it’s a revelation!
This first book is really just the set up for the next one I think, where we get to know the main characters of the next book (Koli, Ursala, the Drudge), and I’m definitely up for book 2!
It’s entirely believable though (in MY head, anyway!). Some catastrophe has happened in the past that has rendered all technology completely useless - unless you have the gift, that is. And Koli, it turns out, has. Except he’s not supposed to, and he’s exiled from his village.
Tech is considered to be like magic, and so when Koli actually manages to switch something on and learns how it’s done - it’s a revelation!
This first book is really just the set up for the next one I think, where we get to know the main characters of the next book (Koli, Ursala, the Drudge), and I’m definitely up for book 2!