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Dec 15, 2020jisrael1 rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
Book was written in 1932 so much of the futuristic science-fiction details are a little hokey now, nonetheless the spirit of the book is intriguing, and if I were to reread any part of the book it would have to be the last three chapters especially the third chapter from the end. Main characters; Bernard Marx, his friend Helmholtz Watson, John (Savage) and his mother Linda, Lenina Crowe, and deputy world leader Mustafa Mond, and world full of alphas betas, deltas, epsilons and gammas with the government regime operating “a perfect utopia” with lots of soma (the soothing drug). Feels like something of the order China today is inching slowly toward. Bernard and Helmholtz ultimately reject the society even though they are alpha pluses and are exiled to far away islands, Linda dies of medical issues, her son John hangs himself In an ultimate rejection of the society and Mustafa, he understands fully and excepts the society.