Reviews tagging 'Xenophobia'

Brave New World by Aldous Huxley

17 reviews

triniparade's review against another edition

dark reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fatphobia, Medical content, Forced institutionalization, Body shaming, and Death of parent

Moderate: Drug use, Toxic relationship, Drug abuse, Sexism, Addiction, Suicide, Sexual content, Misogyny, and Infertility

Minor: Colonisation and Xenophobia

emjbarnes's review against another edition

medium-paced

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

2.5

Well written prose - not sure what Huxley was trying to argue to be honest. I thought the colonialism was an intentional comment on the same to begin with, but I guess not.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Classism, Colonisation, and Xenophobia

Moderate: Addiction and Sexual harassment

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

blueberryelf's review

adventurous challenging dark reflective

• Loveable characters? No

1.0

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Content Warnings

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

witchhenrietta's review

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

augie_'s review against another edition

challenging dark medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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

Graphic: Xenophobia, Racism, and Drug use

Moderate: Sexual content

Minor: Abortion

monjure's review against another edition

challenging dark sad 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood and Colonisation

Moderate: Grief, Suicide, and Xenophobia

gabriella_'s review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark sad 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

4.0

Spoiler

That was when science first began to be controlled—after the Nine Years’ War. People were ready to have even their appetites controlled then. Anything for a quiet life. We’ve gone on controlling ever since. It hasn’t been very good for truth, of course. But it’s been very good for happiness. One can’t have something for nothing. Happiness has got to be paid for. You’re paying for it, Mr. Watson—paying because you happen to be too much interested in beauty. I was too much interested in truth; I paid too.

What an interesting read. Thematically, there’s a lot to dissect but I don’t really have the energy to get into it. The final two chapters were a mindfuck. This is burdened by knowledge: the book.

Spoiler

There was a silence. In spite of their sadness—because of it, even; for their sadness was the symptom of their love for one another—the three young men were happy.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Body shaming, Addiction, Death, Violence, Suicide, Rape, Mental illness, Grief, Deportation, Colonisation, Confinement, Sexual content, Physical abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Medical content, Domestic abuse, Death of parent, Xenophobia, Sexual assault, Emotional abuse, Drug use, Drug abuse, Cursing, Cultural appropriation, Bullying, Body horror, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Forced institutionalization, Classism, Blood, and Ableism

emersonseyeball's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional reflective tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• 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: Sexual violence, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Xenophobia, Gaslighting, Child abuse, Medical trauma, Sexual content, Racism, Death of parent, Death, Drug abuse, Infidelity, Addiction, and Violence

Moderate: Colonisation, Cursing, Physical abuse, Xenophobia, Classism, Confinement, Murder, Ableism, Sexual assault, and Rape

Minor: Rape, Forced institutionalization, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, Religious bigotry, and Abortion

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