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by Aldous Huxley
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Beyond Strange New Words
Beyond Strange New Words rated it 6 years ago
I am only giving it two stars because this book is for some reason considered a great classic, but I really didn’t like it. After overcoming the initial shock of Huxley’s brave new capitalist eugenics utopia, I kept asking myself through most of the book what Huxley was high on and reminding myself ...
Reading Slothfully
Reading Slothfully rated it 6 years ago
I know that I read this book shortly after I graduated from high school. I'm not sure I remembered much. I remembered about the engineering of humans, but I'm not sure I was "mature" enough to understand the consumerism and free sex and drugs aspect. Basically, if one can keep society in a steady ci...
What I am reading
What I am reading rated it 7 years ago
I have heard so much about Brave New World and after One Hand Clapping in which Burgess shows us, that the world has been going to shit for quite some time, I decided to finally dive into it and read some dystopian fiction. And I liked it. All of this must have seemed pretty crazy in 1932, but fro...
Reader & Dreamer
Reader & Dreamer rated it 7 years ago
One of those books that everyone needs to read.This was a book I had been wanting and highly interested to read since I read 1984 by George Orwell.~ Imagine a world without art, literature and history , without religion and science, without love, without war, crime, pain or sadness, and without indi...
Tyson Adams Reviews
Tyson Adams Reviews rated it 7 years ago
Giving up on this classic. Several chapters in and no main characters, no real plot, just a heap of exposition. At least 1984 had a clear protagonist and plot to follow. If I'm going to be bashed over the head with world building and social criticism I want it to be engaging.
xndrme
xndrme rated it 7 years ago
Interesting, it would have been great to read it back in the time when it was written... nowadays it is not that shocking, although it is still a nice reading. I liked very much the end.
Books & Chocolate
Books & Chocolate rated it 8 years ago
I've been on a mission to read some classics. Some of them I've read before, but it was way back in high school. Others have somehow escaped my reading list. Brave New World is one that I read as a teenager and it stuck with me. I was glad to finally read it again as an adult. One thing that struc...
Pippin & The Book Next Door
Pippin & The Book Next Door rated it 8 years ago
Readers of the modern day plethora of young adult/science fiction/dystopia/thrillers will find some familiar comforts in Huxley's work of speculative fiction. But they're also in for quite the shock. In the grand scheme of things, I don't remember any YA dystopian being this dark and hopeless, h...
Gosh I Wish I was a Good Writer
Gosh I Wish I was a Good Writer rated it 8 years ago
I was forced to read this in High School and hated it. So this year I decided to read all of the books school murdered for me and I've go to be honest. I disliked this even more than before. I was simply outraged at the story from start to finish. Maybe that was what Huxley wanted me to feel. But He...
Philosophical Musings of a Book Nerd
As I was reading this book parts of the story were somewhat familiar to me, though I cannot really say that it isn't original since most of the familiarity comes from stories that were produced long after this book originally hit the selves. One particular movie that comes to mind is 'Demolition Man...
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