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Brave New World

Aldous Huxley

3.79 AVERAGE

kjor's review against another edition

4.0

dark emotional sad slow-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

Wording is fairly difficult. This book feels like a dramatized version of the real world we live in today. Kinda sad but makes you reflect on what you value in life.

bryceanderson's review against another edition

4.0

Amazingly prescient, very quick. Not subtle.

mmetzdorf's review against another edition

2.0

I read about half of it and thought it sucked ass

booksandabeagle's review against another edition

4.0

challenging dark reflective 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

maimerzb's review against another edition

3.0

Not a science fiction fan by any means but trying to revisit/read some of the classics and first thought was how did they make us read some of this in high school? The sexual promiscuity was quite explicit and I think a lot of that went over our heads back then. Beyond that, scary to think that this was written in the 30s and elements of this dystopian/futuristic society actually reflect the present/recent past and mirror some of today’s society. Hyper efficiency, insane consumerism, genetic engineering, mind numbing distractions in the form of social media, drugs, and other entertainment, etc. reads like a commentary on today’s society in many ways. An overall meh read for me though but also because I’m not spending much time over thinking/analyzing/connecting.