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Bernard Marx is just like everyone else. Everything the same every day. Sex, drugs, and a good dose of brainwashing. But after a certain point life in a perfect world gets to be weighing on the mind as well as the spirit. A need to break the norm compels Bernard to seek out the last village of what the perfect world calls savages. In doing so he sees that this savagery is exactly what he's looking for. The freedom is so breathtaking that his views totally change and Bernard doesn't want that per
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This is one classic that I could've done without reading. Though there were some wonderful subtleties, most everything is so hyperbolic that it made me roll my eyes. "Monogamy? Bwah-ha-ha! We sleep with everyone!" "Segregation is wonderful. I'm glad I'm not like them." "Mothers? Ewwy! We are all test tube babies."
I found no characters to hold onto, which is understandable. These people are trained not to have personalities. And given the ending, I couldn't help but feel like the intention was to ...more
I found no characters to hold onto, which is understandable. These people are trained not to have personalities. And given the ending, I couldn't help but feel like the intention was to ...more
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