A review by ahalsnad
Brave New World by Aldous Huxley

5.0

"We’ve gone on controlling ever since. It hasn’t been very good for truth, of course. But it’s been very good for happiness. One can’t have something for nothing. Happiness has got to be paid for. You’re paying for it, Mr. Watson–paying because you happen to be too much interested in beauty. I was too much interested in truth; I paid too."

The first few chapters were difficult to get through as the story does not seamlessly switch from one scene to another. It was hard for me to understand the flow of the conversation as there wasn't a clear switch.

The plotline of this dystopian world was interesting, where everyone is hypnopaedically-conditioned with particular values from the time they are in their embryonic form in favor of happiness for all humans in the society. It is a stunted world, but they are happy working and enjoying the unlimited pleasantries provided by this brave new world.
I particularly enjoyed the part where the Controller, Mustafa Mond, and the Savage, John, discuss their belief about how humans and society should work.

Mr. Savage: "... Haven't they used his pleasant vices as an instrument to degrade him?"

Controller: “Degrade him from what position? As a happy, hard-working, goods-consuming citizen he’s perfect. Of course, if you choose some other standard than ours, then perhaps you might say he was degraded. But you’ve got to stick to one set of postulates. You can’t play Electro-magnetic Golf according to the rules of Centrifugal Bumble-puppy.”