Title: Brave New World
Author: Aldous Huxley
Rating Out of 5: 2.5 (Readable, but not worth reading again)
My Bookshelves: Classics, Science fiction
Pace: Slow
Format: eBook, Novel
Year: 1932

I can completely understand why this is a classic – it is kind of brilliantly constructed and thought through. However, I wasn’t a huge fan. I found this a little bit too chaotic and meandering. I found it quite hard to concentrate on what was happening. And whilst I enjoyed the general gist, I just couldn’t get into it. Plus, I’m at a point that I just want a feel good story in my life at this point – there is just too much chaos and drama in my day to day.

The idea of science ruling the world and what this can lead to is incredibly potent. Even now, decades after this was written, the issue remains the same. There is no one formula to happiness, but in using science to try and make it so, there is a whole lot of controlling going on. The scenes with the classical conditioning made me cry. They were so uncomfortable and harsh. The cruelties of science and experimentation are pretty clear when they are set up against humans and children.

All in all, this was a book that was interesting and worth a read. But, it wasn’t one that I am incredibly keen on reading again. A lot more classics to fill my shelves. But I’m glad that I dived into this story and gave it a good shot.

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