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3.79 AVERAGE
3.79 AVERAGE
I found this book pretty tricky to read. Maybe I've gotta stop reading 100 year old books. T
hat being said, I feel like as I got closer to the end, the meaning/philosophy behind the book became increasingly relevant to me. It's about mindless pleasure seeking and how dopamine and pleasure can become controlling. The government in the book essentially uses it to control people.
What does pleasure mean if there is no pain to counteract it? Pain and suffering is an essential part of being human, and you can't feel pleasure without feeling pain first.
Remember that South Park episode where Butters says something really similar?
hat being said, I feel like as I got closer to the end, the meaning/philosophy behind the book became increasingly relevant to me. It's about mindless pleasure seeking and how dopamine and pleasure can become controlling. The government in the book essentially uses it to control people.
What does pleasure mean if there is no pain to counteract it? Pain and suffering is an essential part of being human, and you can't feel pleasure without feeling pain first.
Remember that South Park episode where Butters says something really similar?
dark
emotional
informative
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
One of the best books ive read with such a diverse plot and a mixture of a dystopia and a utopia
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
reflective
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
dark
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
reflective
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I read it for school, so it wasn't the ideal situation to be reading it. I will for sure re-read so I have a different perspective.
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
N/A
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Makes some thought-provoking philosophical and political points (as expected), but it felt incredibly disjointed as a novel, with characters that seemed to disappear and a plot that jumped around a bit too much in a way that didn't really feel like it was in service of the greater message. Short enough that it's worth a read if you haven't, but not the sort of holy dystopian text some probably want it to be.