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A review by maria_sevlievska
Time Must Have a Stop by Aldous Huxley
emotional
mysterious
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.25
After reading Brave New World and The Island (best books ever), I was eager to read more of Huxley, so picked this up.
Time Must Have a Stop follows a young boy, with a conservative socialist upbringing, who spends the summer with his hedonistic uncle in Florence. Fun!
The protagonist is a poet and there's some interesting dialogue about the line between dreams and reality and how we idealise potential opportunities. Beyond this, the book has some good "moments" every now and again, but I wasn't that connected to the plot or characters. Sometimes, I truly felt that "time must have a stop". In the very final final pages, we get some typical Huxley and a super interesting philosophical discussion, but I was hoping I'd see clearer traces of this throughout the book. Upsetting but will continue with his other works and re-evaluate.
Time Must Have a Stop follows a young boy, with a conservative socialist upbringing, who spends the summer with his hedonistic uncle in Florence. Fun!
The protagonist is a poet and there's some interesting dialogue about the line between dreams and reality and how we idealise potential opportunities. Beyond this, the book has some good "moments" every now and again, but I wasn't that connected to the plot or characters. Sometimes, I truly felt that "time must have a stop". In the very final final pages, we get some typical Huxley and a super interesting philosophical discussion, but I was hoping I'd see clearer traces of this throughout the book. Upsetting but will continue with his other works and re-evaluate.