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# The Chrysalids (New York Review Books Classics)

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## Customer Reviews

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    Good tale for younger readers.
  

*by W***T on Reviewed in the United States on October 5, 2020*

I'd been wanting to read something by John Wyndham for a while.  I missed him back middle school forty years ago when I was ransacking the school library for other worlds and apocalyptic wastes.  While The Chrysalids is, in its larval and pupal states, well-formed and perfectly cocoons the reader in its bleak world, its imago shows some stylistic mutations that might limit the novel's competitive fitness in the harsh environment of belles-lettres.  Wyndham did not quite exploit to best advantage the narrative potential of the world he so skillfully set up (I really wanted to explore the fringes and badlands more).  Also, he fell into the all-too-common  sci-fi wormhole of windy, didactic over-explaining.  This sucks the mood and mystery out of a new world and dulls the edge of the adventure.  That said, the hero of the tale charismatic, the hidebound "puritans" of the post-apocalypse were well-fleshed, grim, and as damning of their ilk today as they will be to their future iterations.  The Chrysalids, though six-toed in parts, is overall a rollicking good sci-fi tale and a great book for a young readers who haven't eaten of the bitter apple of advanced literary scholarship.  I regret not finding John Wyndham back when I was less jaded.  The Chrysalids would have been a great follow-up to the Prince in Waiting and White Mountains trilogy, Z for Zacharia, In the Keep of Time, and other classics of its genre.

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    Childhood favoirite
  

*by L***S on Reviewed in the United States on September 6, 2017*

This book was a childhood love for me, and still is! I was thrilled to have found it again. Its so beyond its time for a books that was written in the 50's! The authur was truly a visionary! It's a new take on apocalytic world, that I haven't seen anyone else take on in a literary sence before! Now this will be a fresh, and new idea to bring to life on the big screen. But the individuals that decide to take this on as a project. Must stay true to the writters visions. Don't alter a thing. Or the beauty of the story will be lost. And like so many movies brought to life based on books, by the wrong producers and screen writers.... Destroy the core of what the live reenactment could have represented! This could be the next big thing for fiction lovers everywhere. But it must be handled with care. By those who love the story too!

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    Thought-Provoking Story
  

*by A***R on Reviewed in the United States on October 18, 2016*

The Chrysalids is a worthwhile read that I would definitely recommend for anyone who enjoys dystopian fiction. The novel is not only well-written, but also encourages readers to question the unrealistic standards set by our society today. Through vivid descriptions and a variety of well-developed characters, John Wyndham sheds light on society's deep-rooted fear of differences and the lengths people are willing to go to achieve this set idea of perfection. The novel depicts a religious dystopian community, known as Waknuk, that has risen after nuclear war has wiped out any modern technology. In this society, any physical mutation or deviation from the true image of God is unacceptable and must be dealt with through means of burning or banishment to a place known as “The Fringes”. The story is told from the perspective of David, a seemingly normal boy, and follows his development throughout his childhood. David has grown accustomed to the strict standards his father, as well as his community, impresses upon him and he never thinks to challenge the ideas set forth by society. That is, until David discovers that he has a deviation of his own and he’s not the only one of his kind. The Chrysalids follows the journey of David, his sister Petra and a small group of others who share the same telepathic abilities as they work to navigate their way to safety in a world that has dangers lurking around every corner. Wyndham does an incredible job of questioning the true definition of perfection not only within this fictional society, but in our modern day world as well. Who gets to decide what the real definition of perfection is? And why do we place so much importance on reaching these unrealistic standards? Although the society John Wyndham brings to life is quite extreme in the way the community gets rid of differences, he effectively forces readers to reexamine the ideals of the society we live in today.

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