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Copy/paste the text below into your blog. <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5129.Brave_New_World?utm_medium=api&amp;utm_source=blog_review" style="float: left; padding-right: 20px"><img alt="Brave New World" border="0" src="http://s3.amazonaws.com/photo.goodreads.com/books/1165517734m/5129.jpg" /></a> <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5129.Brave_New_World?utm_medium=api&utm_source=blog_review">Brave New World</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/3487.Aldous_Huxley">Aldous Huxley</a><br/><br/> <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/15678456?utm_medium=api&utm_source=blog_review"><h3>My review</h3></a> rating: 2 of 5 stars<br/>This book is on many a top 100 reading list. Aldous Huxley has the reputation of being an intellectual giant. His heritage places him in the land of England, the place where all of the great literary giants come. A Brave New World unfortunately does not live up to the credits,pedigree or even the cult following that chases after it. <br/> <br/>Summary: In a nutshell this book is a mess. I am assuming that the majority of individuals that rate this book high on a novel list or 5 star it on here on amazon do so simply because A Brave New World is filled with satire in a dystopian society. Unfortunately for me that is not enough to warrant a five star rating. <br/>Inconsistent plot line runs through this book. The main character "Savage" does not show up until half way through the book. All of the character names are a play on words. The book takes as many shots as it can at the American Capitalist engine. <br/> <br/>The big negative for me is that it is just unbelievable. Savage, essentially an uneducated or "home schooled" Indian has a high level intellectual conversation with the main antaganist Mustaph Mond. <br/>Breakdown Review: <br/>Storyline: I give 1 out of 5 stars due to unbelievability. <br/> <br/>Writing style: 3 out of 5 stars. The satire somewhat works and the writing style itself doesn't fit into the genious category. <br/> <br/>Depth/Inspiration: 4 out of 5 stars. Despite the flaws this book is bound to inspire the creative gene in others. Unfortunately the humanistic undertones will lead many an individual down slippery slopes <br/> <br/>Entertainment/Education value: 1 out of 5 stars. Not as entertaining as the hype behind the book and the writer. I do not see any education value in this book aside from how to write satire or how to write a novel to inspire a nation of conspiracy theorists. <br/><br/><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/list/917604?utm_medium=api&utm_source=blog_review">View all my reviews.</a>