A review by ericode
Island by Aldous Huxley

slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? N/A
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No

2.5

An extended essay masquerading as a novel. Page upon page upon page of cumbersome, highly unnatural dialog that only serves as a pulpit - to expound of philosophies of politics, religion, medicine, commercialism, exploitation, life and death... As other reviewers have said, I'd probably agree with most of Huxley's leanings had this been written as an essay or a series of lectures, but, as a novel, Island is a tedious bore.