 I knew going in that this book would not resemble the Blade Runner movie at all. Film adaptations never do justice to Philip K. Dick's work. However, I did expect the book to be good, or at the very least interesting. But it isn't. Deckard and his wife are shallow idiots who are entirely preoccupied with the appearance of affluence to impress the neighbors. The androids that Deckard is hunting are machines that mimic humans. They are not in any way alive. The book is scattered and unfocused. There's a subplot about some bogus religion called Mercerism. Whatever point it was trying to make, if any, was lost on me. For the most part, I found it tedious. But it's a short read and you're probably going to read it anyway. So go ahead. I did find a recorded interview with Philip K. Dick that must have been made just before he died. Maybe even the day he died. In which he talks about the point of the book, as opposed to the point of the Blade Runner movie. And that recording is more interesting than the book itself. And I'll include a link in the description.