Reviews tagging 'Racial slurs'

Brave New World by Aldous Huxley

30 reviews

n_degeorgia's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective

3.75

fascinatingly written in the 1930's as a sort of warning for a dystopian future that has...all but come to fruition? However, the proposed solution to this is based in very heavy stoicism undertones and Christianity/self denial/asceticism. 
Eugenics is horrifying and the opening inciting moment really caught my attention but the rest of the story casts sexual liberation and modern convenience as the pinnacle of all evil. Fascinating read but the politics and morality of the 1930's is loud and clear and I think a 2024 understanding of these issues is more nuanced!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Racial slurs, and Suicide

vxmlie's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

2.0

Overrated. The concept was interesting, the execution was underwhelming and poor. The characters were flat and mostly uninteresting. Definitely not likeable either. I just could not care what happened to them. Huxley failed to connect the reader (me) with the story.
The last 40 pages of the book were alright but not good. Nevertheless, those last pages were better than the first 190 pages of the novel. The only reason why I read it in a week's time is because I wanted to stop being tortured by Huxley's plain, boring and quite problematic (he was an American in the 1930's) writing.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs

Moderate: Xenophobia

annnna04's review against another edition

dark reflective sad fast-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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racial slurs and Racism

Minor: Sexism

yolanda_h's review against another edition

challenging dark tense 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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Misogyny, Racial slurs, and Racism

Moderate: Suicide

evetoi's review against another edition

tense medium-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Racial slurs, Racism, and Sexual content

blueberryelf's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark reflective

• Loveable characters? No

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body horror, Drug abuse, Drug use, Racial slurs, Racism, Self harm, Suicide, Xenophobia, Medical content, Dementia, Death of parent, Cultural appropriation, Gaslighting, Colonisation, and Classism

witchhenrietta's review against another edition

dark 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? No

1.0

The most problematic book I‘ve read, probably ever. I know it‘s dystopian and when it was written, but that doesn‘t make it okay. Still promoting this as a classic is ridiculous.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Biphobia, Body shaming, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Hate crime, Homophobia, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Transphobia, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Xenophobia, Antisemitism, Kidnapping, Lesbophobia, Cultural appropriation, Colonisation, and Classism

lemonlord_of_the_south's review against another edition

reflective tense slow-paced

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

2.0

I had to read it for school so my view of it is a bit skewed. Certain parts of the commentary about consumerism and authoritarianism were interesting but nothing I couldn't find somewhere else and I just don't understand the sex stuff. They show no purpose, maybe if it was encouraged to increase production of people like products it would make more sense but it's just kinda there. Maybe it's about being distracted by temptation instead of seeing the flaws in their society but it really isn't shown clearly. (Maybe he was just afraid of promiscuity??) 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Genocide, Sexual content, Death of parent, Colonisation, and Classism

Moderate: Racial slurs

cute_koala's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? N/A
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Suicide, and Grief

Minor: Incest and Racial slurs

qqjj's review against another edition

challenging dark 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Chronic illness, Confinement, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Grief, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Abortion, Death of parent, Abandonment, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, and Classism