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3.79 AVERAGE
3.79 AVERAGE
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Couldn't get into the audio book, may gave reading a go one day.
challenging
dark
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Much better, and funnier, than I expected. I was surprised at how good the start was, and the splicing of scenes in the third chapter was great. The conversation between John and the Controller at the end is excellent. But my favourite part was the character Bernard. How pathetic, self-important, cringy but lovable he is.
"the machine turns, turns and must keep on turning- for ever. it is death if it stands still...wheels must turn steadily, but cannot turn untended. there must be men to tend them, men as steady as the wheels upon their axles, sane men, obedient men, stable in contentment...'stability,' insisted the controller, 'stability. the primal and the ultimate need. stability.'"
control. there's no control in instability. condition against nature. make life less complicated. subdue yourself. live comfortably with your vices. do what you were conditioned to do. your life was crafted just for you. never feel sad or alone again! take your pill and be okay again! thinking differently is the real poison!
"he woke once more to external reality, looked round him, knew what he saw- knew it, with a sinking sense of horror and disgust, for the recurrent delirium of his days and nights, the nightmare of swarming indistinguishable sameness. twins, twins...like maggots..."
quintessential, sci-fi dystopia read for a reason. this plot has been done a million times, because of books like this! red-pilled coded.
control. there's no control in instability. condition against nature. make life less complicated. subdue yourself. live comfortably with your vices. do what you were conditioned to do. your life was crafted just for you. never feel sad or alone again! take your pill and be okay again! thinking differently is the real poison!
"he woke once more to external reality, looked round him, knew what he saw- knew it, with a sinking sense of horror and disgust, for the recurrent delirium of his days and nights, the nightmare of swarming indistinguishable sameness. twins, twins...like maggots..."
quintessential, sci-fi dystopia read for a reason. this plot has been done a million times, because of books like this! red-pilled coded.
challenging
dark
reflective
sad
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
dark
emotional
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
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?
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
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).
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).