Reviews tagging 'Drug abuse'

Brave New World by Aldous Huxley

56 reviews

jenna_justi2004's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative sad tense medium-paced

• 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

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Content Warnings

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

chloehui106's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Racism, and Drug abuse

Minor: Suicide

sprinumter's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

Huxley wrote this book 80 years ago and there are components of the story that are remnacent of today’s society. We are still working toward this classist, “perfect“, everybody-is-happy-because-they-know-their-place, all-for-the-greater-good, society.  It is scary to think that technology may eventually get to the point where people are just conditioned to be happy living in a systematically oppressed society based on being a delta or a gamma, least ye be an alpha or beta. The first time I read this book was in high school and it is surprising to me that I did not make the connections that I have now 10 years later. Even if you have read this before, try rereading it again to see how your views have changed.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Physical abuse

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Drug abuse, Slavery, Torture, Blood, Body horror, Bullying, Classism, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Drug use, and Violence

random19379's review against another edition

adventurous challenging mysterious slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Classism, Mental illness, Sexism, and Addiction

Moderate: Abortion and Addiction

Minor: Drug abuse, Body shaming, Chronic illness, Death, and Vomit

qqjj's review against another edition

challenging dark tense medium-paced

• 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

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Content Warnings

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

devin_raquel's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

Read this book because my Brit. Lit. professor said I’d like it, and I was not disappointed. A novel that was written WAY before it’s time, I was completely captivated by the utopian/dystopian (depending on how you look at it) society created by Huxley. I think that this novel shows the pros and cons that are to occur if every inconvenience was erased from the world, and people were “conditioned” from birth to fit in with the whole; individuality having been eradicated fully. Huxley created the most extreme and effective brain washing method I’ve ever seen. The author chooses to write the dialogue randomly and give rolling descriptions, so that the readers experience the same sense of disconnection that the characters feel throughout this book. A society absent of pain, grief, and anger is a society that can’t contain true happiness or fulfillment. It means Huxley has created a society devoid of compassion and empathy, where the emphasis is placed on fleeting pleasures instead of lasting accomplishments. 

The reason this book gets 4.75 instead of 5 stars is because of the ending. While I feel as though Huxley couldn’t have ended his novel any other way, I was left feeling unsatisfied; though I have a sneaking suspicion that was what Aldous Huxley wanted his readers to feel.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Drug abuse, Drug use, Addiction, Gaslighting, Sexual content, and Suicide

tavijs's review against another edition

The development of the characters was enjoyable, but the whole plot of the story seemed to feel like a partial retelling of the Tempest and derives some of the content from 1984. Not a very enjoyable book at the beginning, but towards the end it gets very interesting. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse

Moderate: Racism, Racial slurs, and Addiction

Minor: Suicide

tramonta's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

2.0

hated it

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexism, Suicide, Violence, Ableism, Addiction, Classism, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Medical content, Racism, Sexual content, Slavery, and Xenophobia

rory_john14's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective medium-paced

• 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

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Content Warnings

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

luke_823's review against another edition

challenging reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Drug use, Slavery, and Drug abuse

Minor: Racism