Rating: Summary: At the beginning it's slow but not for very long!!! Review: The Savage is one of the most humane characters I've ever read in a book. This book is surprisingly moral from its resistance to what is not right even if it is acceptable to that society. A very interisting look at humans and babies and the abuse of fertilization. Awfully shaking. Terribly good!
Rating: Summary: Huxley's masterpiece is a prophesy unfolding in America Review: Brilliant. If you think about it, humanity has never succombed to brutal dictatorship and suppression of the people for extended periods of time as in many negative utopias, but in Aldous Huxley's vision we are done in not by suppresion, but by the trivialization of everything we hold dear. Read through a few chapters replacing the word soma with television and see how relevant this book is to us. Read Brave New World then read Amusing Ourselves to Death by Neil Postman.
Rating: Summary: Not as interesting as 1984 and WE, but still a good book. Review: I found this book to be far less intriguing than the other two negative-Utopias. Dealing with a world full of predestined drones, the book tells the story of a savage who is introduced to the "new" and "happy" world, and is forced to make a choice between it and a life of solitude.I found the characters a bit unrealistic, almost forced into their unfitting surroundings, but the story was meaningful and didactic. I would still recommend it as a worthy glance into the future.
Rating: Summary: Astounding and Awe-inspiring! Review: I read Brave New World over the summer for an accelerated reader test for my 12th grade year of English. It's hard to find an acceptable school book that's interesting enough to keep you hooked on reading it; Brave New World is a wise solution. Although it can be hard to comprehend at times (when they describe the overall landscape of the Utopian civilization), it is a most interesting read. It will open your mind to what horrors which may lay ahead for our own civilization. This book is a must for someone who is tired of reading the same old snore-inducing books of educational experience. FANTASTIC!!!!
Rating: Summary: Interesting! Review: This book is moralistic and unique, the characters are comparable to Bradbury's and the overall feel is that the plot is all to plausible, all to possible-- waiting to happen, just around the bend. To tell the simple truth, it gave me the creeps.
Rating: Summary: Smashing! Review: "Life can be understood only backwards but it must be lived forwards" Soren Kierkegaard, Danish philosopher If somebody can open your eyes, the legendary Aldous Huxley could! Thank you!
Rating: Summary: Excellant!! Review: I had to read this book for school and it had a great plot. It was hard to understand at some points, mainly the beginning and the end. A must for people who like sci-fi.
Rating: Summary: Captivating Contemporary Classic! Review: Many people have told me that this novel is a bit outdated. I found the book to be slow, yet strangely fascinating in the beginning, and captivating by the middle. It is a classic examination of social ills and evils that affect us now and will continue to affect us in the future. I would recommend it to any senior high school or college student who is selecting a literary work to read for English class. It is also great beach reading, but you need to concentrate on the plot and information in the book, so no dozing off!
Rating: Summary: Profound and innovative Review: I found Brave New World to be extrememly creative in the scope of the negative utopia which it portrayed. Unlike 1984, Brave New World focuses on a more indepth society,though at times more farfetched society, but it is one first novels to popularize negative future society and therefore Huxley should be praised as the harbinger of a literary genre which Orwell made so vogue.
Rating: Summary: Wow. Review: I read Brave New World in my grade 12 English class but am EXTREMELY glad that I had too. the book was mind blowing. Huxley is my new favorite author! For anyone who likes society the way it is this book will be an insult. I love the sadistic humour that Huxley shows. The novel is over the top and frighteningly realistic. Huxley is a genius. I'll be reading more of his stuff in the future.
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