Book Review | The Chrysalids by John Wyndham.
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- Опубліковано 12 вер 2012
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Great book. I'm surprised it hasn't been adapted into a movie.
The author protected his works so they would be unable to adapt them years after he died, he wanted them to stay untainted
It's sad as they'd be amazing films, but I can understand as there are so many terrible adaptations
@@liahenglish7314 _Z for Zachariah_ was butchered so badly the writer should be sued.
I had to read this in grade 9 and I thought I wasn't going to like it. It ended up being one of my favourite books :)
This is the only book they made me read in early highschool that became one of my favorites of all time.
This book is what made me a sci fi fan. I loved it, same as Wyndhams other work. I read most of his books multiple times. Being Dutch I sadly wasn't allowed to use any of those for my primary and high school reading lists.
David's deviation is clearly hinted at in the first couple of chapters and again a chapter later. It definitely doesn't come out of nowhere. Perhaps the book is not great for modern readers who are used to having everything delivered to them in a way they don't have to put effort into reading between the lines. The Chrysalids brings in some ideas subtly at first, then lets the "hammer" drop later. But no one should be caught completely off guard. It is supposed to be a "ohhh, I should have thought of that" moment at the very least.
Perhaps modern readers are Waknuk.
John Wyndham is brilliant. As well as the novels I recommend his short sf stories, especially The Seeds of Time collection. Incredible imagination - he makes things believable.
THIS BOOK WAS AWESOME!!!!
If anybody didn't notice, Labrador is a real place in Canada. It's a part of Canada
When I was in school they had a cupboard full of books they were giving away because they didn't get used anymore.
That was my introduction to John Wyndham and I dont know why they'd never use them again. Chrysalids was an awesome story and Wyndham was a genius of dystopia.
I wanted to tell you that because of your Triffids review, I got the book for myself and LOVED it. So thank you for introducing me to something awesome. And if I were to vote for a Wyndham book for you to read next, it'd be The Kraken Wakes. Because I'm incredibly intrigued by anything that mentions a kraken.
The Midwich Cuckoos is a fascinating read, as well as The Kraken Wakes, although the latter is a lot slower and more focused on how the media presents catastrophes - it reads a bit like War of the Worlds. His short story compilations are worth reading, although his earlier stuff is somewhat weaker and a lot more traditionally sci-fi, aka travelling to Mars.
I finished the book yesterday and read it over two sessions so I probably just remember better than you do, but David's deviation was hinted at a few times before he discussed it clearly in a kind of 'reveal' scene. He referred to his and Rosalind's 'understanding' and also he said he found it easier to understand Sophie's mother's thoughts before she said them, that was when I first thought he might be psychic. I'm surprised a film hasn't been adapted from this book! It would work so well!
my teacher picked this book out for us this year,and where only on a cople pages through it,but i think its cool, i also like the cover,makes my eyes happy. lol
This is my fav book, I've read it countless times, and I tend to listen to the audio version every few years
Ooooh, I like the artwork for those books. I'll probably try to read those now. I'm currently reading Anansi Boys by Neil Gaiman.
You should read The Midwich Cuckoos by John Wyndham! It really encompasses John Wyndhams writing skills and the plot is magnificent! I did The Chrysalids as my Literature book and I think that it is filled with so much literary content, it almost feels overwhelming at times but all in all it's a good book!
This seems like an interesting book. One more to add to my ever growing to-read list. Great review :)
I studied this book in 10th grade way back in 1980 in Richmond, BC and it still resonates with me! I must read it again. As for recommendations on further reads, why not try Night of the Triffids by Simon Clark?
Sounds interesting and I do need a new book to read I will try and find it at my universities library when I move there at the end of next week.
i agree with you on the dropping things suddenly front, he would hint at things very vaguely throughout the book and it frustrated me because i felt like i had missed something.
What a coincidence, I bought this this morning
i absolutely loved this book. i read it back it secondary school for english lit, and it's one of my faves!
Labrador! That's near me! Definitely going to look this up, excellent video. Very enticing description of the book though.
I've been excited for your review of this since you mentioned it in a haul, I loved it when I read it and really wanted you too like it as well. As for more John Wyndhami'd reccomend 'The Midwich Cuckoos if you haven't read it already.
Well I've read "The Kraken Wakes", which is another quite seminal (post)apocalyptic Wyndham novel, though that one is packed with action and doesn't display that much psychological deepness - definitely a step below the Triffids.
Excellent review by the way, you made me pretty curious about those Chrysalids :)
I loved this book! Haven't read anything else from this author, but I will soon!
A fabulous novel. I have enjoyed most of John Wyndham's novels. 😀👍
I did not know this author but right now I want to read The chrysalids !
Good review. As for which you should read next, you really can't go wrong with any of them - Wyndham only has a handful of novels in his catalog, but they're all pretty much masterpieces. "Chocky" and "The Midwich Cuckoos" are easily my favorites, though.
The Chrysalids kickstarted by adoration for John Wyndham books and still remains my favourite - try reading Chocky next, a really fast read and totally not what I expected from reading the blurb!
Always love her.
I read The Chrysalids in my Grade 11 English class and I must say, I enjoyed it. However, I could take some time to re-read it seeing as I don't remember very much of it.
i had to read this for school and i hated it so
hehe sammmeee
@@jaapydude2684 same
'The Chrysalids' is the first book I've read for school ever that I've enjoyed. I quite liked it.
The book shows Wyndhams writing skills........
i love john wyndham's books and read the chrysalids in school. i loved it enough to read midwich cuckoos, triffids, and kraken's wake. i would recommend them all.
Right now I'm living in the Netherlands... but that might change soon.
I haven't read any of his books as of yet but I have a copy of "The Midwich Cuckoos" which I've been meaning to read for an age!
I read this book for school and tomorrow is my test. It was slow at the beginning but towards chapter 10-17 it really exaggerates the religious stuff with waknuk. It was super interesting. So i do not know what some of the people in the comments are saying it lacks description and stuff but i doesnt its just super hard to understand because the wording is high english. I recommend it.
I found that it was in a slightly harder-to-read, classic style but I didn't find it difficult to follow like I normally would.
Starting this Today. Got a really old penguin copy. ❤❤❤
What do you think about his shirt stories?
Thank you for this brief review. The Chrysalides is one of my favourite books which I re-read many times since my childhood, and it definitely needs more advertising, because not so many people know who John Wyndham was. I even think it better than the triffides. There's less action in The Chrysalides, but it makes a reader to feel more. As for his other books, don't read anything else, believe me, the rest is veeery boring.
I've always loved this book, and really it's companion novel, "The Midwich Cuckoos." Amazingly, Wyndham prophetically addresses the current rise of the Indigo Children phenomena with in our community, and globally, as a species inclusive event. With the relaying of the planet's Morphogenetic Grid, and the subsequent DNA upgrades which followed, many many children are being born with telepathic, empathic, and other energetic upgrades. These children will move us in to our next evolutionary advancement, just as Wyndham discusses in this book, and the negative backlash by the norms. During the period of this book's penning, scientists were struggling to understand telepathy, and likened it to a electro-magnetic field effect, which like say radio waves, diminishes in intensity over distance as a inverse square. Telepathy physically propagates as a wave form, but in this case it is a Quantum, or Holographic wave form, infinitely enfolded, or if you prefer Quantumly entangled with our Universe, so distance, or separation of sender and receiver have no diminishing effects on the signal. This misunderstanding of the nature of telepathy features strongly in the plot of the story, and in retrospect is quaint, and somewhat endearing. Anyway, hats off to Wyndham and his visionary appreciation of the cross roads that our civilization is at today, as it attempts to move out of the predatory and violent struggles of the last 10,000 years and in to one of quantum connectedness, mutual understanding, and harmony.
omg i was there a month ago and got the same exact poster.
I just want to add - someone below said the book was not chronological - it is chronological. It's a simple narrative. Some background information comes from dialogue but it remains chronological. Also someone said they found it difficult to read because it's in 'high english', I have to disagree! I found it refreshingly easy to read. It definitely doesn't have that aspect where you have to concentrate to understand it. An easy and recommendable read I'd say!
Rosalind is the real hero of Chrysalids.
Read all his novels and most of his short stories. Visit website Wyndham Web where they are all reviewed,, plus filmed adaptations, for your delectation. Cheers!
I had this book in high school in English class
Where did you get that poster on the shelf behind you?! :O
nothing really just 'dropped'.. davids deviation was greatly hinted at throughout the beginning of the story
that's what i thought
He literally says, very early in the book, he "thought at" Sophie's mother.
d'Orsay museum in Paris :)
i love this book. up there next to the hobbit as my favourite book
I read it because I am a student from ILC
I remember reading this book in high school back in '95. one on the only 3 books i've read in my entire life. Its a very nice book, i loved it. "A terrifying story of conformity and deformity in a world paralyzed by genetic mutation"
So is your accent a Netherland's accent? Nice review :)
your point sir?
Are you living in The Netherlands, London or New York?
wow you sound like you are describing the Obernewton series... i wonder where Isabelle Carmody got her ideas from...
This book was really interesting. I highly recommend it.
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sorry added to wrong msge sorry again
Brilliant book and I thought it was his best, better than his two most famous novels The Day of the Triffids and the Midwich Cuckoo.
there were negative notes and it happened again to my reply.
I read the Chrysalids, but it was a while ago. The story was intriguing, but I was a little disappointed because my older brother spoiled some of the plot for me :(
It's definitely a good book probably his best triffids is rather predictable and chrysalids is well written
Consider Her Ways and Others
Labrador is a real place!
you should really read the midwitch cuckoos by him cause it has kind of a similar vibe to the others c:
Funny thing - Labrador is a real place (i was born and raised there) - I lived in Wabush, which is Waknuk, and Spent my summers in Rigolet (Rigo), and now i live an hour away from Lark Harbour (Lark) on Newf (Newfoundland). Please don't make a face when saying Labrador, it makes us sound fictional lol
Which part was that in?
Explain
surprised? i feel that wyndham does a huge amount of foreshadowing so much so that bits of the plot are given away early
Haha that's funny I'm reading or right now!
i dont see why my comment was flagged for negative votes its my opinion and i didnt even say anything bad. and honestly i tried to read it again and i still hated it
The Trouble with Lichen is his best book, with The Chrysalids at number two. Chocky was just too strange. Day of the Triffids is a completely non-believable plot, so unfortunately that one is total nonsense.
Isnt david from waknuk tho....
This video is from five years ago, so I'm going to be honest and say I absolutely don't remember.
booksandquills hahahah its cool
John Wyndham was a wonderful writer a true wordsmith of outstanding story telling genius using words to create the lives of people who fighting against challenges in the distopia world of ignorance and fools within the rules of a small minded society. I am sorry to say this person who has made this video seems to have missed the point of so much...I strongly suggest you read this incredible book for your self or even listen to the large number of audio books available on UA-cam as against watching a clip of a dog dressed up in some funny outfit as you know your better than that : )
and as asked in this video John Wyndham books to read next 'Pillar to Post'' and ''Seeds of Time'' please enjoy and pass along : )
this book was so fkin boring
this book just sucks
nope.
T4L1_101 J?NIVERS I agree I read this for school around the time I started to like reading and I hated it I'm not a religious person and I found it fouced to much on that the concept was good but the way it was delivered wasn't my cup of tea
It sounds like you misunderstood what the book meant. Its not hard to grasp that a post apocalyptic people who have lost everything including most of their connections to the past and so are now basically starting of fresh again wouldn't resort to practising a new bastardised form of religion after all they have zero concept of what came before. Newsflash, religion including Christianity can be very brutal, the Inquisition and the many religious wars during the reformation don't make a pretty picture. Different religions have no clear concept, Christianity has the Catholic Church and its spin offs all claiming that they alone understand an old book properly whilst the literally over 33,000 different Protestant Churches also claim the others have it wrong and only they have interpreted it properly. Its not that long ago that people were being burnt on the stake for having a wart or being drowned because the neighbours goat or chicken died so its really pretty accurate for Wyndham to say a post apocalyptic people who know little of the past and where life is a constant struggle to hold extreme views that we would find ridiculous but seeing as there are Christians today who believe in demons its not really that hard to see. Only last week 8 people were murdered after being accused of being blood suckers and demon possessed by Christian hordes. One of those murdered was an epileptic with diabetes who was burnt alive, another was stoned to death so sorry its not hard to imagine a post apocalyptic world being the way Wyndham describes.
Desirae Marie
I saw Waknuk’s religion as more of a representation of how the people there believed they were the ones “doing it all right.”
Much like how the Fringes people believed they were the ones who were delivering the will of God by accepting the mutations.
Much like how the Zealand people believed they were the New People, that they were superior to those who don’t have telepathy.
This book is all about different people’s perspective on life based on what they are and where they come from.
T4L1_101 J?NIVERS the idea of the nuclear holocaust and the blasphemy is interesting, as well as the telepathy. But yeah the characters and the storyline is shit.
I have to read this god damned book for school. DO NOT READ IT! It has the most lousy story line and has horrible descriptions. She described the lack of description as "interesting" .. It's NOT! I LOVE books that make you think but this? This is ridiculous. Its choppy and isn't chronologically ordered .. EVER! Worst book i've read. I wont lie, it DOES get better around chapters 11 and 12 but there are plenty more chapters before that that are extremely slow .. The book wasn't really my taste ..