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Brave New World

Aldous Huxley

Start date: January 1, 2012

Finish date: January 31, 2012

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Sep 15, 2011 Michelle rated it it was ok · review of another edition

I saw this book EVERYWHERE and in the end, I succumbed and read it. In the end, what a disappointing read it turned out to be. The introduction chapter with the director is long, dull and just plain info-dumping. The dystopian world is definitely not one that I’d want to live in, and to be honest, the plot is a mess. I read without particularly care about what’s going on. There’s simply no joy or laugh to be found here even though it is also a satire novel.

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Mar 06, 2014 Kathy rated it did not like it

I had great difficulty with this book and the author's style. Although Mr. Huxley was clearly a talented and intelligent author, I was repulsed throughout the entire book. Great literature not to my taste, I think would be fair. ...more

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