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A review by takhykardia
Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
5.0
My rating is for sure closer to a 9/10 rather than a full on 10/10, yet it felt as if it would be unfair to set a 4 star on it; since this book is beyond that as well.
An absolute fantastic piece of literature is what I found within the pages of Brave New World. Despite the fact that in the beginning, the story felt too impersonal, I was eventually gripped by the characters presented to me. They were ultimately so flawed in a society that enforced perfection onto them, and that fascinated me. Aldous Huxley has a way of writing that is pleasant to read, despite everything being written in a 'negative light'
I'm far from a book enthusiast, and I am a rather casual reader, but still I found passion for this book like I see others do when they read theirs. There are a million things I could say, and all those have been said before; so I'll wrap this up and go on with my day.
The book presents to us an 'utopia', that is closer to a dystopia more than anything due to how PERFECT it is. Somehow it manages to twist the ultimate utopia into something undesireable, by pointing how much it goes against our human nature; our free will. The characters focused upon in the story are so flawed in the eye of society, yet are the most relateable the readers will find the story to be. In a world where Mothers are a sin, and relationships are scoffed at, we find hope in these characters that display our worst flaws; because they're truly human.
I'd like to quote a specific dialogue from the book as a send-off, one that resonated with me quite deeply.
“But I don't want comfort. I want God, I want poetry, I want real danger, I want freedom, I want goodness, I want sin."
An absolute fantastic piece of literature is what I found within the pages of Brave New World. Despite the fact that in the beginning, the story felt too impersonal, I was eventually gripped by the characters presented to me. They were ultimately so flawed in a society that enforced perfection onto them, and that fascinated me. Aldous Huxley has a way of writing that is pleasant to read, despite everything being written in a 'negative light'
I'm far from a book enthusiast, and I am a rather casual reader, but still I found passion for this book like I see others do when they read theirs. There are a million things I could say, and all those have been said before; so I'll wrap this up and go on with my day.
The book presents to us an 'utopia', that is closer to a dystopia more than anything due to how PERFECT it is. Somehow it manages to twist the ultimate utopia into something undesireable, by pointing how much it goes against our human nature; our free will. The characters focused upon in the story are so flawed in the eye of society, yet are the most relateable the readers will find the story to be. In a world where Mothers are a sin, and relationships are scoffed at, we find hope in these characters that display our worst flaws; because they're truly human.
I'd like to quote a specific dialogue from the book as a send-off, one that resonated with me quite deeply.
“But I don't want comfort. I want God, I want poetry, I want real danger, I want freedom, I want goodness, I want sin."