ms_sarah621 's review for:

Brave New World by Aldous Huxley

3.5

challenging reflective tense 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

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It’s hard for me to rate this book because I have mixed feelings. The beginning of the book was fascinating: The set up of the world, the systems in place, the clones and how they were raised. I was immediately interested. However, as soon as I got to the middle of the book, I became completely uninterested. I no longer cared and was bored reading it. At one point I considered DNFing it, but I loved the beginning and it’s a classic, so I wanted to keep going. Luckily I did because I actually really enjoyed the ending. I loved the final debate among some of the characters, challenging the main messages that have been throughout. I loved the themes and ideas that this book focused on. With that, I was fairly pleased with the ending. It came fast, but it felt perfect for the book. Overall, the middle of the book just brought my rating down; the purpose that portion just wasn’t that shocking or needed to me. I feel that the character, Bernard, could have been explored or shown in a different, shorter, less boring way. Still recommend for the themes and messages throughout, very important.