Reviews tagging 'War'

Brave New World by Aldous Huxley

5 reviews

chrisljm's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Medical content, Misogyny, Alcohol, Racism, Suicide, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Drug use, Fatphobia, and Body shaming

Moderate: Bullying, Blood, Abandonment, Child abuse, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Self harm, Torture, Violence, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Stalking

Minor: Ableism, Animal death, Kidnapping, Pregnancy, Vomit, and War

ajourneythroughpages's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Death of parent, Fatphobia, Pedophilia, and Classism

Moderate: Drug abuse

Minor: Infertility, Suicide, War, Rape, Sexual content, Abortion, and Physical abuse

summerb's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Classism, and Misogyny

Moderate: Religious bigotry, Gaslighting, Racism, Drug use, Grief, Misogyny, and Sexual content

Minor: Addiction, Blood, Chronic illness, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Miscarriage, Suicide, Vomit, Abandonment, Cursing, War, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Alcohol, Death, Genocide, Infertility, Self harm, Alcoholism, Violence, Abortion, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Pregnancy, and Terminal illness

karol99's review against another edition

challenging dark funny informative reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Extremely interesting read, especially drawing comparisons to a capitalistic society as well as progress seen and made in 2022

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Body shaming, Bullying, Classism, Sexual content, and Colonisation

Moderate: Racism, Genocide, Blood, Ableism, Death, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Torture, Grief, War, Xenophobia, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Death of parent, and Drug use

Minor: Abortion and Suicide

rory_john14's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Colonisation, Death, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Drug use, Grief, Sexism, Suicide, Medical trauma, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Sexual content, Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Classism, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Ableism, Addiction, Blood, and Racism

Moderate: Gore, Infidelity, Mental illness, Body horror, Religious bigotry, Xenophobia, Vomit, Hate crime, Violence, War, and Body shaming

Minor: Domestic abuse, Homophobia, Abortion, Child abuse, Infertility, Pregnancy, Rape, Acephobia/Arophobia, and Sexual assault