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Brave New World by Aldous Huxley

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soupsswagreads's review against another edition

challenging dark tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

1984’s opposite dystopian, a true classic reflecting the values of society and influence of psychological conditioning. This book will open your eyes to the disturbing and yet somewhat intriguing dangers of a totalitarian rule.

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lunaliz's review against another edition

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dark reflective medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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tprsjr's review against another edition

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challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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jillboudreau's review against another edition

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dark reflective 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

3.5

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rosinawrites7's review against another edition

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challenging dark reflective medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

In the common 1984 Vs Brave New World competition, Brave New World definitely wins for me! It's a much more engaging read and is more similar to current society. Huxley's imagination is incredible. Would definitely recommend - once you get your head around the first chapter or two, the story gets more gripping and I enjoyed the read.

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miaaa_lenaaa's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

Hmmm, hmmmm, im not sure i can communicate my feelings, perhaps an interpretive dance would be better

<<SPOILERS>>

No wait i wish we had some from iceland after he gets sent there?? Oh and also i hate it when books reference Shakespeare, it high key makes me quale with anger and idk why xx

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larkais's review against another edition

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challenging dark tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

I thought this novel was very interesting and the majority of the issues discussed in this book, held up well to this day. The people at the time believed that this sort of society would develop within a century and we can definitely see the progression of it now.

I think this novel would be more enjoyable if there was an in depth analysis of different themes and motifs.

The second half of the book feel flat for me. John, or the Savage, is probably supposed to be the modern person's surrogate in the novel with how he had access to old books and knowledge. He had a fairly puritan view of the world and how it ought to be run.

He really did slut shame Lenina out of no where like that huh? He felt bad for his mother and how people called her whore and slut but decided to weaponize those same words at Lenina. Instance of societal teachings I guess?

I like that we do see people knowing that they were conditioned to believe certain things but do not question it. "Your conditioning would make you no less thankful" compared to the Controller who states that "they're so conditioned that they practically can't help behaving as they ought to behave"

Select quotes I liked:
"They might have been twin embryos gently rocking together on the waves of a bottled ocean of blood-surrogate" - I like that there is the ocean motif even when it's artificial in the new world
"You can't make tragedies without social instability" - I like this line because I only just finished watching Squid Game and it really was a tragedy built on capitalism's ever widening chasm of economic instability.

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