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A review by hoshiiro
Le Meilleur des mondes by Aldous Huxley
1.0
it was presented as the most popular and praised by everyone but I didn't quite get the hype ? like yes it was cute but I think I was expecting more of a "modern" dystopian word (like a hero, a rebel against some sort of oppressive authority) but definitely not.
The character of John was very special and his evolution was interesting to witness. Bernard, his social climbing and fall, his ego and thoughts on society, all of that was also interesting to analyse.
The first 150 pages were really hard to read and I almost dnf-ed a bunch of time but thanks to a wonderful audiobook, I succeeded to finish it. At some point, it was just me trying to finish it only to say that I've read it, and not because I genuinely enjoyed it.
From p. 150 to p. 210, it started to be a bit more interesting with some plots but still fell flat for me.
Though, the last 2 chapters were quite interesting and I started to grasp the more "philosophical" side of it and the new doors the book would have had open to new stories and plot, back then.
Although, there's still some things that irritated me (e.g. the number of time the n-word was written (at least in the French translation), even tho I know that it was less problematic at the time, it kinda stopped me in the flow of the reading)
Still happy that I managed to go through this, but I don't know if I would be able to go through it twice though...
The character of John was very special and his evolution was interesting to witness. Bernard, his social climbing and fall, his ego and thoughts on society, all of that was also interesting to analyse.
The first 150 pages were really hard to read and I almost dnf-ed a bunch of time but thanks to a wonderful audiobook, I succeeded to finish it. At some point, it was just me trying to finish it only to say that I've read it, and not because I genuinely enjoyed it.
From p. 150 to p. 210, it started to be a bit more interesting with some plots but still fell flat for me.
Though, the last 2 chapters were quite interesting and I started to grasp the more "philosophical" side of it and the new doors the book would have had open to new stories and plot, back then.
Although, there's still some things that irritated me (e.g. the number of time the n-word was written (at least in the French translation), even tho I know that it was less problematic at the time, it kinda stopped me in the flow of the reading)
Still happy that I managed to go through this, but I don't know if I would be able to go through it twice though...