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Sarah (7800 KP) rated Brave New World in Books

Sep 10, 2019

Brave New World

Aldous Huxley | 1932 | Fiction & Poetry

7.7

(44 Ratings)

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Interesting idea, but poorly executed

I tried to read this many years ago, and I remember getting a couple of chapters in and giving up, but I couldn't recall why so decided to give it another go.

I can now see why I gave up on this book. The plot itself is a great idea, and similar in a way to the wonderful 1984. However unlike 1984, I found this book to be very poorly executed and i just couldn't get into the writing style at all. I love the idea of a dystopian future, but a lot of the features of this future society feel like they've been named by a child and a lot aren't explained enough to truly comprehend what's going on. The writing style too comes across as very confused and I really struggled with it. The characters are a good idea and flawed, but rather underdeveloped. In fact the whole book feels quite underdeveloped and its only a chapter or so at the end that I truly enjoyed.

I really wish this had been better written, as it's a fantastic idea for a novel.

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Bostonian916 (449 KP) rated Man of Steel (2013) in Movies

Aug 18, 2020 (Updated Aug 18, 2020)

Man of Steel (2013)

2013 | Action, Sci-Fi

7.1

(34 Ratings)

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I have been a HUGE Supes fan since I was very young. I was sooooo excited when I saw that this movie was being made and I was even more excited to find out that Snyder was in control.

While there are a couple of things that kind of threw me off (I'm talking to you crazy skull scene) I thoroughly enjoyed the film as a whole. I liked that they included some of the story that took place on Krypton and gave some humanity (yes I see the irony of "humanity") to Supes parents and people as a whole. Even Zod, who until now has only been portrayed (though done so with excellence) as a cold, mostly heartless soldier of fortune.

The biggest hiccup for me was the final climax. That's not how Superman does things. Plain and simple, he doesn't kill for any reason. He always finds another way.

I do think that this is a great movie and I have viewed it several times, It made me feel things for characters that until now were completely tertiary or non existent and that alone deserves praise.