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Brave New World
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bookshelves: classics, sci-fi, non-ya, project-clear-ur-sh-t, dystopian, unpopular-opinion, reviewed, eh, 2-and-a-half-stars
Dec 19, 2021
bookshelves: classics, sci-fi, non-ya, project-clear-ur-sh-t, dystopian, unpopular-opinion, reviewed, eh, 2-and-a-half-stars
I would like to be an intellectual.
In an ideal world, I wear a monocle, and I have a pocket watch on a chain, and all of my sweaters have elbow patches. In this world, I consume exclusively classics at a very slow pace (so as to examine every word), but somehow simultaneously I have read everything that's ever been called worth reading by any person who's ever been called pretentious.
But that is not this world.
To be fair, I AM trying. I read literary fiction the most of any genre. I used to have a quest where I would have to read at least one classic every month, but I retired it because I typically read more than that. (Last year, for example, I read 46. And granted I have a loose definition of "classic," but still.) I tend to rate books from those two categories higher than others.
But still, we find ourselves here.
I didn't like this book. I can say there are a lot of reasons, and I can even tell the truth: I can say that the depiction of women in this was so offensive it turned around and became funny and absurd, or that this dystopian world is not nearly as prescient as 1984's, or the Handmaid's Tale's, or even goddamn The Hunger Games', and both of those would be fairly respectable criticisms that I do have.
But that isn't completely accurate.
I didn't like this because it felt silly and boring.
That's really all.
Bottom line: I'll try to be smart next time.
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pre-review
either i did not care for this or i was being intellectually stimulated.
i'll figure it out later.
review to come / 2.5 stars
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tbr review
personally being very brave by adding classics to my to read list
clear ur sh*t book 49
quest 22: free space
In an ideal world, I wear a monocle, and I have a pocket watch on a chain, and all of my sweaters have elbow patches. In this world, I consume exclusively classics at a very slow pace (so as to examine every word), but somehow simultaneously I have read everything that's ever been called worth reading by any person who's ever been called pretentious.
But that is not this world.
To be fair, I AM trying. I read literary fiction the most of any genre. I used to have a quest where I would have to read at least one classic every month, but I retired it because I typically read more than that. (Last year, for example, I read 46. And granted I have a loose definition of "classic," but still.) I tend to rate books from those two categories higher than others.
But still, we find ourselves here.
I didn't like this book. I can say there are a lot of reasons, and I can even tell the truth: I can say that the depiction of women in this was so offensive it turned around and became funny and absurd, or that this dystopian world is not nearly as prescient as 1984's, or the Handmaid's Tale's, or even goddamn The Hunger Games', and both of those would be fairly respectable criticisms that I do have.
But that isn't completely accurate.
I didn't like this because it felt silly and boring.
That's really all.
Bottom line: I'll try to be smart next time.
------------------
pre-review
either i did not care for this or i was being intellectually stimulated.
i'll figure it out later.
review to come / 2.5 stars
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tbr review
personally being very brave by adding classics to my to read list
clear ur sh*t book 49
quest 22: free space
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I agree! I even ended up liking it more the 1984 or Animal Farm by Orwell. I need to read my classics shelf too
i preferred orwell unfortunately!!
you too!
that's the joke
so funny, this is what i ended up doing! lenina's and linda's roles really cry out for you to do so
yesss. it sucks because all of these important dystopian works are so misogynistic. 1984 made me so mad. So I end up having to put aside my feelings and looking at the writing and content, ignoring the sexism or I just DNF if I am reading it not for a class. I read this one for AP Lit back in the day so I had to finish it. Do y'all know any non misogynistic dystopians from this era because I want to try them?!
no literally they were dying to be alphas😂
OMG i just saw a recommendation for a feminist dystopian and it's called "The Power" by Naomi Alderman! It's about women developing the ability to release electric shocks from their fingers, which makes them become the dominant gender :)
respectfully, i'm not going to do that
you think i should think...less about what i read?
interesting!
it's one of my favorite experiences < 3 shared hatred
you're right!
love a classic and would agree lmao