Reviews tagging 'Addiction'

Brave New World by Aldous Huxley

61 reviews

hot_water's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Racism, and Sexual content

Moderate: Pedophilia and Suicide

hannah1734's review against another edition

adventurous dark reflective fast-paced

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

3.75

Not a huge fan of classics, but this one hooked me. I didn't always agree with the perspective the author took (not to mention the blatant racism and sexism given the year this was published), but it felt surprisingly modern and I was intrigued by the story nonetheless. 
Thank you for the recommendation, Caroline! (Even tho I don't have her on Storygraph oops.)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Racism, and Sexism

Moderate: Suicide and Death of parent

miaaa_lenaaa's review against another edition

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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicide, Xenophobia, Blood, Grief, Abortion, Death of parent, Acephobia/Arophobia, Pregnancy, Cultural appropriation, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail

drizzlybear's review against another edition

challenging 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

1.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Ableism, Addiction, Drug use, Sexual content, and Suicide

laurendenton's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use

Moderate: Addiction, Body shaming, Bullying, Child death, Fatphobia, Infidelity, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicide, and Violence

Minor: Animal death, Death, Infertility, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Abandonment

mira123's review against another edition

adventurous dark medium-paced

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

5.0

"Brave New World" stand ursprünglich auf der Liste für meine Bachelorarbeit, ich musste diesen Text dann aber leider wieder streichen. Mein Professor hatte Zweifel, dass ich es schaffe, so viele Texte in meiner Bachelorarbeit zu behandeln - und wahrscheinlich hatte er Recht, wenn ich bedenke, dass ich am Ende meiner Arbeit noch zehn Seiten streichen musste.

In "Brave New World" geht es um eine Zukunft, in der jeder Mensch zufrieden mit seiner Position ist, egal wie schlecht sie auch aus heutiger Situation wirken mag. Wie die Menschheit das geschafft hat? Genmanipulation, die Erschaffung von Klonen und frühkindliche Prägung. Wenn man eine Firma eröffnet und dafür Fließbandarbeiter braucht, die eintönige Arbeit lieben, dann musst du nur ein bisschen vorausplanen und bekommst eine ganze Armee an Menschen geliefert. Diese Vorstellung, dass Menschen so zur Ware werden, fand ich verdammt gruselig. Und auch, wieweit sich die Gehirnwäsche hier weiterentwickelt hat. Und die betrifft hier nicht nur die unteren Schichten, sondern jeden. Die Geschichte wird nämlich aus der Sicht von Menschen der Oberschicht erzählt und auch die wissen, dass es nicht erwünscht ist, irgendwas zu hinterfragen. Erschreckend fand ich auch, dass in dieser Zukunft alles so sexuell geprägt ist und zwar von Kindesbeinen an. Orgien werden von öffentlicher Hand gefördert und in den Umkleidekabinen von Arbeitsplätzen gibt es...spezielles Spielzeug, das auch fröhlich benutzt wird. Wer nicht regelmäßig neue Partner:innen hat, wird als abnormal und krank angesehen. Ich würde mich nicht als prüde ansehen, aber das hier war ein bisschen viel, vor allem, weil es so unerwartet kam. Ich wusste nicht viel über "Brave New World" bevor ich es selbst gelesen habe.

Die interessanteste Figur war meiner Meinung nach John. Er ist außerhalb dieses Systems aufgewachsen und hat als einer von sehr wenigen Menschen der Welt Eltern, die er noch dazu kennt. Natürlich gezeugte Kinder würde man normalerweise abtreiben lassen. Doch Johns Mutter wurde in einem Reservat vergessen, in dem die Welt noch sehr ähnlich wie Huxleys Gegenwart zu sein scheint. Durch Bernard und Lenina wird er in die "Zivilisation" gebracht und darf die moderne Welt kennenlernen. Natürlich ist er total überwältigt, aber irgendwie auch enttäuscht. Ihn schreckt die Welt ab, sie macht ihn krank. Dazu kommt, dass er nicht als Mensch gesehen wird, sondern als Obskurität, die man wie ein Tier im Zoo bewundern kann.

Mein Fazit? Schnappt euch diesen Klassiker und lest ihn. Er ist erschreckend und unglaublich spannend!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Drug abuse, Drug use, Suicide, and Death of parent

Minor: Abortion

madmilliner's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative sad tense slow-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

0.25

This book is gross. It is meant to be a warning against excess, and the pursuit of happiness above all else,  but, is so unnerving and bizarre that it just feels campy, and emotionally manipulative. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Animal death, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Hate crime, Infertility, Infidelity, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Vomit, Grief, Abortion, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Cultural appropriation, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, and Sexual harassment

seedsofsunflowers's review against another edition

challenging dark tense 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? Yes

1.5

This book gave me big Narcissistic Christian White Man TM energy. It did make me think about theoretical societal concepts though. Quite comedic at times (

I have been scarred by “Orgy Porgy”

), but Huxley pats himself too much on the back for me to enjoy much of the book. And all the characters are just pieces in his game of Making a Point, so there's not much connection or development really, just the plot as his prediction for the dystopian future society. I only rated as high as I did because it was coherent and introduced ideas that made me think about society today.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Body shaming, Bullying, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Religious bigotry, and Death of parent

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Genocide, Infidelity, and Stalking

pomegranatepanacea's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use and Self harm

Moderate: Addiction, Body shaming, Drug abuse, Suicide, and Grief

isabeldotml's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective fast-paced

• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Body shaming, Fatphobia, Suicide, and Violence