<human>: I respect it for its ideas, and I know it's totally bonkers that Huxley came up with all this stuff in the 30s, and I understand how cool it is that the concepts are still relevant 80 years later, but really, truly and honestly, it was one of the most boring books I've ever read.

I'm not sure if this is a trend amongst science-fiction novels, but I felt like for a novel that was so imagination-based, there was very little imagery. There was a lot of description, but it was flat, colourless, and didn't create a vivid scenery at all. I felt that the focus was on what society had become, and that should have be reflected in the physical tendencies of that culture, which I could not consistently and/or effortlessly imagine. I felt like I was missing out on a whole section of the story.

The structure of dialogue versus description was erratic and ineffective, and overall resulted in a dull and frustrating read. Brave New World is an exceptional story, without a doubt, but Huxley's storytelling could have used a few tweaks. Additionally, I felt the progression of the plot was predictable and boring, where it could easily have been exciting, suspenseful, and emotional. The narrative seemed really didactic, more intent on spelling out Huxley's message than on creating a captivating story, and that really took away from the enjoyability of the book; there was no valid reason for the narrative to take that much time to explain the message in that much detail. There were only about ten pages of interesting prose - style, flow, content - at the very end of the book, and they weren't good enough to redeem the previous 200 pages of flatness.

On top of all that, I wasn't able to connect with or enjoy any of the major characters, except maybe one, who is only present for about 20 pages spread through the course of the novel. Oh, and for some reason I kept picturing the Savage as that blond guy (the creature of the night) in Rocky Horror. That probably didn't help.

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<bot>: I thought Huxley's ideas were neat, but his execution was awful: boring, flat, colourless storytelling and unlikeable characters. No imagery, particularly disappointing in a heavily imagination-based novel.