Reviews tagging 'Suicide'

Brave New World by Aldous Huxley

143 reviews

kwichris's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

1.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Addiction, and Racism

Moderate: Suicide, Death, and Sexual content

Minor: Abortion

blueberryelf's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark reflective

• Loveable characters? No

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Colonisation, Cultural appropriation, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gaslighting, Medical content, Self harm, Suicide, Xenophobia, Racial slurs, Addiction, Alcoholism, Body horror, Dementia, and Racism

arconan's review against another edition

emotional tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Suicide, and Death of parent

actiaslunasaturniidae's review against another edition

challenging reflective slow-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? N/A

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence

Moderate: Racism, Self harm, Addiction, Body shaming, Physical abuse, Alcoholism, Colonisation, Suicide, Ableism, Death of parent, Sexual violence, Drug abuse, and Slavery

katherine_shelton's review against another edition

dark funny slow-paced

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

2.0

Parts of this book were amusing, but I think it's overrated. I liked The Devils of Loudoun, but after reading this I'm starting to think Aldous Huxley had a bit of a Madonna-Whore Complex and a self-flagellation kink. It's also a pretty gross reflection of what eugenics looks like through the extremely racist lens of the time, and so there is a lot of pretty offensive language and depictions of minorities. That's not to say it shouldn't be read, I just think there are better dystopian classics. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Suicide and Racism

sleepylit's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

4.5

Why it end that way?

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia, Suicide, Misogyny, Medical content, Drug use, Classism, and Drug abuse

genevieveokeeffe's review

reflective medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Medical trauma, Self harm, and Suicide

emeraldrina's review against another edition

challenging dark sad medium-paced

• 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicide

sapph1re's review against another edition

challenging reflective slow-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Minor: Suicide and Sexual content

monjure's review against another edition

challenging dark sad 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood and Colonisation

Moderate: Grief, Suicide, and Xenophobia