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A review by keybladium
Island by Aldous Huxley
2.0
2.5/5
I have quite a mixed feeling towards this book, similar to Brave New World. I really like learning the author’s ideology and beliefs and those moments invest me however I didn’t like much else. I also felt like the theme doesn’t really stand out as much nowadays as it’s covered countless times in media. If I was reading this in the time it was released, I feel like I would’ve got a much more fulfilled experience learning about the subject, but unfortunately it’s a common thing in society and there’s many different films and books that cover this topic that I’ve already seen most of the views presented in this book. There were still a few thought provoking subjects and interesting perspectives that I did enjoy but not enough for me to rate the book any higher.
As for the narrative, it’s mostly just standing and talking which isn’t bad as the dialogue is the best part, but you have to be interested in the topic discussed to be invested otherwise it drags a lot. It took me a while to get through some and I was zoning out a lot so the pacing had a pretty substantial affect on my experience.
I also didn’t really remember much about the narrative such as characters and relations due to it just not being a priority which is always a weird feeling when the story of a book is secondary. But any time it would go into characters and talking about pasts and whatnot, I had 0 clue what was happening or who was who which really took me out of the moment and made it confusing to piece everything together. I just find it to be a little messy and leaves me not caring for anything related to the narrative.
I don’t really know what more to say about the book, I feel very neutral about it. It’s got some interesting perspectives and ideas but it’s not the most interesting and it can be very slow.
I have quite a mixed feeling towards this book, similar to Brave New World. I really like learning the author’s ideology and beliefs and those moments invest me however I didn’t like much else. I also felt like the theme doesn’t really stand out as much nowadays as it’s covered countless times in media. If I was reading this in the time it was released, I feel like I would’ve got a much more fulfilled experience learning about the subject, but unfortunately it’s a common thing in society and there’s many different films and books that cover this topic that I’ve already seen most of the views presented in this book. There were still a few thought provoking subjects and interesting perspectives that I did enjoy but not enough for me to rate the book any higher.
As for the narrative, it’s mostly just standing and talking which isn’t bad as the dialogue is the best part, but you have to be interested in the topic discussed to be invested otherwise it drags a lot. It took me a while to get through some and I was zoning out a lot so the pacing had a pretty substantial affect on my experience.
I also didn’t really remember much about the narrative such as characters and relations due to it just not being a priority which is always a weird feeling when the story of a book is secondary. But any time it would go into characters and talking about pasts and whatnot, I had 0 clue what was happening or who was who which really took me out of the moment and made it confusing to piece everything together. I just find it to be a little messy and leaves me not caring for anything related to the narrative.
I don’t really know what more to say about the book, I feel very neutral about it. It’s got some interesting perspectives and ideas but it’s not the most interesting and it can be very slow.