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Violence
Barely any
No significant violence; conditioning of embryos is described clinically
Language
Some
Adult language
Sexual Content
A lot
Promiscuous sex is mandated by the society; some explicit content depicting this
Substance Use
A lot
Soma—a happiness drug—is taken constantly by the population; its use is depicted as both seductive and horrifying
Emotional Intensity
A lot
The psychological horror of a society that has eliminated depth, sorrow, and meaning along with suffering
What this book is about
In the World State of 632 After Ford, human beings are manufactured, conditioned for their role, and kept contented with promiscuous sex, the drug soma, and endless entertainment. Bernard Marx feels slightly wrong. When he and Lenina visit a Reservation where old-fashioned birth, family, and religion still exist, they bring back the Savage—a man raised on Shakespeare and genuine feeling. Huxley's 1932 dystopia is more insidious than Orwell's: the horror is not oppression but engineered happiness that eliminates everything that makes us human.
Notes for sensitive readers
Reader-flagged moments and themes that may affect your experience.
Mandated promiscuity and explicit sexual content
Heavy drug use as a social control mechanism
A dystopia that may feel uncomfortably contemporary
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