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Brave New World
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April 15, 2016
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May 14, 2016
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Liz
Apr 22, 2014 rated it did not like it
Cold, sterile characters as is the world they live in where everything is there for pleasure and happiness. A look at what the world would be like if everything was done for pure enjoyment and anything that threatened their values disappears. This was a dystopian novel that while at times brought up some interesting ideas, was for the most part too disturbing to be relatable. It describes what a society would be like without morals and whenever anything remotely disturbing happens the first thin ...more
Aurelie
Apr 15, 2012 rated it really liked it
Shelves: science-fiction
The beginning of Brave New World was so interesting, but also very disturbing (the part with kids doing adult stuff in bushes... gross). But thinking about a world like that, where everyone is cloned and in social classes to serve the society, where casual sex is encouraged, and where you are given a drug to feel better and appease your mind is really fascinating.
After this introduction of the new world, we are introduced to some of the prime characters : Lenina and Bernard, and after some chap
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Arlyn Abolio
May 13, 2013 rated it really liked it
Perfection.
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Jan 23, 2011 rated it it was amazing
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Dec 07, 2013 marked it as to-read
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Brenda H
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Apr 17, 2014 rated it liked it
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Aug 02, 2014 rated it it was amazing
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Dec 23, 2014 rated it it was amazing
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May 27, 2015 added it
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