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waytoomanybooks's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Ableism, Kidnapping, Medical content, Classism, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Homophobia, Terminal illness, Alcohol, Antisemitism, Fatphobia, Murder, Physical abuse, Self harm, Infidelity, Sexual assault, War, Abandonment, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Animal cruelty, Body horror, Colonisation, Deportation, Racial slurs, Rape, Religious bigotry, Toxic relationship, Violence, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Cultural appropriation, Sexism, Cursing, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Incest, Infertility, Grief, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Police brutality, Pregnancy, Sexual harassment, Stalking, Toxic friendship, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Torture, and Xenophobia
cursed_sapphire's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.5
The characters are interesting but not likeable, I recommend knowing that going in. This book is an exploration of a potential future built on consumption, sameness, and constant pleasure. The characters are meant to embody different parts of humanity/society. Bernard is only content if he's more special than everyone else, Lenina wants more monogomy than is normal but otherwise accepts everything, Helmholtz is just kinda bored and wants to be a tortured poet, etc. John is supposed to be the last real person, representing a true believer in religion and art which cannot survive in this society. Mind you, John is a very 1930's Christian ideal of a true, good person. And while his obsession with suffering for his sins serves as a counter to the painless society of the book, it came across a bit overzealous for me. It felt like Huxley was trying to make John suffer all the pain everyone else never had to, but that made him feel a little too obsessed with pain instead of the virtues he claims to care about. The same could also be said about his obsession with chastity.
This is a book more focused on ideas than on characters. The plot is a bit sparse, but that leads to a slice-of-life feeling, where the day-to-day life is the focus. There's a certain horror in the mundaneness that the characters experience, and that brings out the themes in a different, but still very effective way.
Overall I recommend this for anyone who likes the philosophical side of sci-fi/dystopia, as long as they are able to handle the old-fashioned lense.
Graphic: Drug abuse, Drug use, Child abuse, Addiction, and Suicide
Moderate: Sexual content, Religious bigotry, Racism, and Sexual harassment
alreinwarth's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Graphic: Addiction, Body shaming, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Violence, Classism, Death of parent, Sexual violence, Sexism, and Religious bigotry
Moderate: Racism, Murder, Misogyny, Medical content, Physical abuse, Fatphobia, Death, Colonisation, Ableism, Suicide, Pregnancy, Infertility, Grief, Drug use, and Drug abuse
Minor: Abortion, Antisemitism, and Vomit
isarza's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
1.0
Si los humanos son creados in vitro entonces ¿para qué incentivar las relaciones sexuales si no hay un fin reproductivo?
Si es mundo científicamente avanzado con humanos genéricamente modificados ¿por qué no crearlos estériles?
Dicen que condicionan a los niños a ver a la muerte como un proceso fisiológico natural pero le tienen terror a envejecer cosa que también es un proceso fisiológico natural.
Si erradicaron las enfermedades y preservan el cuerpo humano igual a partir de los 30 años ¿cómo puede existir la muerte como algo natural?
El libro comienza con Bernard como personaje principal, como si fuera una persona que piensa por sí sólo al contrario de los demás personajes pero al final no era más que un egoísta y un cobarde y no lo vemos más como protagonista a partir de que llega John. Que perdida de tiempo leer sobre Bernard si al final ni siquiera iba a ser el personaje principal.
El libro tiene claros comentarios racistas y quiere poner a la religión y a dios como lo verdadero y a la ciencia como algo malo y peligroso que te adoctrina. ¿La religión no adoctrina?
John también es un personaje por el que siento cero empatía e interés.
Al final, este libro fue una gran desilusión. Mal contado, personajes odiosos y mal desarrollados porque hasta un personaje con el que no estés de acuerdo puede ser disfrutable si está bien escrito.
Finales ambiguos. ¿Entonces para qué sirvieron estas 200 y tantas páginas?
Perdida de tiempo.
Graphic: Racism and Religious bigotry
Moderate: Suicide, Drug use, and Sexual assault
emersonseyeball's review against another edition
- 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
Graphic: Sexual violence, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Xenophobia, Gaslighting, Child abuse, Medical trauma, Sexual content, Racism, Death of parent, Death, Drug abuse, Infidelity, Addiction, and Violence
Moderate: Colonisation, Cursing, Physical abuse, Xenophobia, Classism, Confinement, Murder, Ableism, Sexual assault, and Rape
Minor: Rape, Forced institutionalization, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, Religious bigotry, and Abortion
summerb's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.25
Graphic: Ableism, Classism, and Misogyny
Moderate: Religious bigotry, Gaslighting, Racism, Drug use, Grief, Misogyny, and Sexual content
Minor: Addiction, Blood, Chronic illness, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Miscarriage, Suicide, Vomit, Abandonment, Cursing, War, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Alcohol, Death, Genocide, Infertility, Self harm, Alcoholism, Violence, Abortion, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Pregnancy, and Terminal illness
jenna_justi2004's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
Graphic: Drug use, Addiction, Alcohol, Child death, Confinement, Death of parent, Rape, Pregnancy, Slavery, Vomit, Cultural appropriation, Domestic abuse, Forced institutionalization, Gore, Grief, Medical content, Misogyny, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Classism, Colonisation, Drug abuse, Religious bigotry, Toxic relationship, Violence, Abandonment, Abortion, Body shaming, Eating disorder, Suicide, Toxic friendship, Fatphobia, Self harm, Sexual content, Sexism, and Torture
qqjj's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.0
Moderate: Abortion, Addiction, Colonisation, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Fatphobia, Forced institutionalization, Religious bigotry, Mental illness, Self harm, Sexism, Classism, Emotional abuse, Medical content, Medical trauma, Misogyny, Sexual content, Racial slurs, Racism, Abandonment, Chronic illness, Confinement, Drug use, Grief, Sexual harassment, and Terminal illness
rory_john14's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
1.0
Graphic: Colonisation, Death, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Drug use, Grief, Sexism, Suicide, Medical trauma, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Sexual content, Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Classism, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Ableism, Addiction, Blood, and Racism
Moderate: Gore, Infidelity, Mental illness, Body horror, Religious bigotry, Xenophobia, Vomit, Hate crime, Violence, War, and Body shaming
Minor: Domestic abuse, Homophobia, Abortion, Child abuse, Infertility, Pregnancy, Rape, Acephobia/Arophobia, and Sexual assault
kaiden511's review
- 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
2.0
Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism, and Religious bigotry