Reviews tagging 'Sexual assault'

Brave New World: A BBC Radio 4 Full-Cast Dramatisation by Aldous Huxley

24 reviews

isarza's review against another edition

dark reflective slow-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

Hay tantas cosas que no me gustaron de este libro que no sé por donde empezar

En primera, todas las inconsistencias en la lógica de este mundo. 
Si los humanos son creados in vitro entonces ¿para qué incentivar las relaciones sexuales si no hay un fin reproductivo? 
Si es mundo científicamente avanzado con humanos genéricamente modificados ¿por qué no crearlos estériles? 
Dicen que condicionan a los niños a ver a la muerte como un proceso fisiológico natural pero le tienen terror a envejecer cosa que también es un proceso fisiológico natural. 
Si erradicaron las enfermedades y preservan el cuerpo humano igual a partir de los 30 años ¿cómo puede existir la muerte como algo natural? 

El libro comienza con Bernard como personaje principal, como si fuera una persona que piensa por sí sólo al contrario de los demás personajes pero al final no era más que un egoísta y un cobarde y no lo vemos más como protagonista a partir de que llega John. Que perdida de tiempo leer sobre Bernard si al final ni siquiera iba a ser el personaje principal. 

El libro tiene claros comentarios racistas y quiere poner a la religión y a dios como lo verdadero y a la ciencia como algo malo y peligroso que te adoctrina. ¿La religión no adoctrina? 
John también es un personaje por el que siento cero empatía e interés.

Al final, este libro fue una gran desilusión. Mal contado, personajes odiosos y mal desarrollados porque hasta un personaje con el que no estés de acuerdo puede ser disfrutable si está bien escrito.
Finales ambiguos. ¿Entonces para qué sirvieron estas 200 y tantas páginas? 
Perdida de tiempo.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Drug use, Sexual assault, and Suicide

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

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

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

writer_in_the_dark's review against another edition

dark reflective slow-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? It's complicated

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Drug abuse, Drug use, Racism, and Sexual assault

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: Addiction, Child abuse, Death, Drug abuse, Infidelity, Racism, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Xenophobia, Medical trauma, Death of parent, and Gaslighting

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

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

voilajean's review against another edition

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Drug use, Fatphobia, Racism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Death of parent, Acephobia/Arophobia, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, and Suicide

Minor: Infidelity and Abortion

Discussion of eugenics

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, Misogyny, and Classism

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

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

featherinthewind's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.0

Of course this book is always one I recommend just because of how profound it is, and while a complicated read, I still enjoyed it to the end

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Death, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Sexual harassment

thomasdj's review against another edition

challenging dark funny mysterious reflective sad tense fast-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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Mental illness, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Suicide, and Xenophobia

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

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

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

linguistictabby's review against another edition

dark reflective tense fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Death, Self harm, and Death of parent

Moderate: Racism, Sexual assault, and Sexual content

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, and Suicide