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Brave New World

Aldous Huxley

3.79 AVERAGE

moyyerra's review against another edition

2.0

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Started out with such great promise, moments of brilliance even, captivating and intriguing in both the creativity of the world created and Huxley's observations of society... and then it just fell apart. The main plot revolved around some sort of senseless and cheap adventure. There were a few bits of dialogue very late in the book that were somewhat interesting but mostly I could not tell what the actual point Aldous was driving at was. Much as in his Perennial Philosophy - great topic, fascinating, but his books' take ends up losing sight of its original goal and relying too much on quotes that aren't always pertinent, let alone relevant. Similarly the Shakespeare often felt far too forced, and the characters and story line required too much of the readers just going with it. I am all for suspension of disbelief but I need something decent to work with as a take-off point. And what the Ford was with the ending?

hemalimatharu's review against another edition

4.25

challenging dark reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

juanarenado's review against another edition

4.0

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El condicionamiento social lo es todo, y el mundo que imagina Huxley en un futuro remoto no esta tan lejos del mundo en el que vivimos. Sin duda, el que crea que es libre de pensar y actuar, que se lo haga mirar. Y no digo que ese condicionamiento llevado a su máxima expresión no pueda funcionar de manera satisfactoria, pero...¿qué pasa si, como parece ocurrir en este momento en el que nos encontramos, colocamos a los epsilon-menos al frente de la casta política?.

Como veis, un libro que plantea muchas y variadas preguntas acerca de la dirección hacia la que avanza la sociedad. Muy recomendable su lectura, especialmente en este momento de grandes cambios sociales en el que estamos inmersos. Publicado en 1932 (no digo más).

jennalyons's review against another edition

3.0

challenging medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

bagelreader's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional funny hopeful fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

janantele's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous emotional funny lighthearted reflective sad fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

adensiebel's review against another edition

3.5

challenging dark sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: N/A

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus: N/A

julian_guinane's review against another edition

5.0

challenging emotional funny reflective tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

sauce1738's review against another edition

4.0

challenging dark reflective medium-paced

katelyn301's review against another edition

4.0

dark medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes