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Brave New World

Aldous Huxley

3.79 AVERAGE


I'm on vacation in Germany with my parents. I only brought two books. This campsite has a small collection of novels we can read while we're here, but the only thing in English is by Colleen Hoover. Let's hope it doesn't come to that.
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.

Amazingly prescient, very quick. Not subtle.

I read about half of it and thought it sucked ass
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

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. 
challenging dark mysterious reflective medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated
challenging fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated
dark tense slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Scherpe weergave van een dystopische samenleving waar geen keuzes meer bestaan.