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Book Review: The Man In The High Castle

Book Review: The Man In The High Castle

Books like this worry me. There is a fine line between being a disturbing warning about the dangers of racism, discrimination, slavery, and fascism, and normalizing it. The Man In The High Castle is frightening in it’s banality. It is a book I found worth reading as a writer. Philip K. Dick was an expert in his craft, and there are some positively brilliant moments that made me stop and reread them. On the flip side, there were several moments that made me roll my eyes from the clear lack of understanding (and perhaps even empathy) of a woman’s psyche.