Somewhat difficult to understand, but interesting

This book primarily describes a society (Flatland) where people are geometric shapes. It explains their culture and the last part describes what happens when a citizen is exposed to other lands with different societal norms and understandings about shapes and the true nature of their society. I found the constant descriptions of geometry hard to visualize at times, but it was interesting and a bit weird - which I like.

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Awesome story!

Basic geometry and such tells tale of oppression and alternative facets. Beautiful in many ways.

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Great Recitation

I’ve attempted several audiobooks of Flatland as so far this is my favorite. It doesn’t contain the forward or second edition edits, but it is otherwise perfect.

A classic story presented with one minor annoyance

Flatland is a fun little story with a lot of clever worldbuilding by Edwin Abbott for his geometric creations to inhabit. The narrator does a good job, hamming things up a little where the story calls for it without overdoing it. Much of the later part of the story after the descriptive portion is a dialog between the main character, a square, and the beings he encounters. In these later sections came the part that annoyed me. The narrator reads exactly the form in the book, including the words "I:", "Sphere:", "I:", "Sphere:", "I:" over and over and over as the two banter back and forth. This rapidly gets tiresome and distracting, and is unnecessary in an audiobook where a simple alteration in pitch or accent is sufficient.