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3.98 AVERAGE
3.98 AVERAGE
reflective
medium-paced
adventurous
challenging
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I read this back in high school though it hadn't stayed with me like 1984 or The Handmaid's Tale so I really enjoyed this re-read and the bonus of reading Revisited for the first time. Huxley isn't an easy author (there is an entire chapter of three conversations going on at the same time and it's not always easy to figure out who is speaking and which conversation the sentence belongs too) however, the tale he's telling is still one we need to read and think on. At times, it's rather scarily relevant. Revisited was a very interesting piece as Huxley himself looked back on Brave New World 20ish years after its publication. His discussions around media and how those in power can wield it and what he could have easily called "fake news" if he'd thought of the phrase, are particularly apt these days.
dark
funny
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I remember when I first read this book I must have been in my early teens and for the life of my could not understand what the issue was with people. The society portrayed by Huxley seemed to work - people where happy and I was conflicted. Following In Utilitarian thought I figured that that was what mattered. I did have sympathy at the loss of reading but the sci fi story is what sold me and the sheer narrative plot. In rereading this book and the accompanying Essay more than a decade later I was horrified. I finally got the tragedy and what Huxley was admonishing against. Truly a terrible vision wrapped in a great novel. Unfortunately I think we have lost the battle. Sorry Mr Huxley - we have succumbed.
adventurous
reflective
medium-paced
challenging
dark
medium-paced
it's a whooole new world, of really fucked up dystopia... listen, my new years resolution was to not swear, and this book had me fucked!