Has the Jury reached a verdict? Not exactly....

When I first started reading this book I absolutely hated it. I didn't really understand what was going on. The story line wasn't all that intriguing, and to be honest it's summer and I had other books I would much rather read. But as I continued I did start to find parts of it I actually... gulp... enjoyed. Shocking as it is to think that I could actually like a part of homework, I actually did find some elements that were good. For instance, as I stated earlier, I love the character of Mustapha Mond. I also loved how this book forced me to see social issues in a whole new light. By making every case so extreme, he surprised and sometimes even enraged his readers with the absurdity of it all. But then with closer examination, it became clear that maybe these situations aren't so different from what's going on in today's world right now. It's humbling in a sense to read a book that really focuses on human flaws and how we could change them. That might be one of the reasons I also don't like it very much. After all no one likes to be told what they're doing wrong or how they're screwing everything up. But like I said before honesty brings happiness. So if that means confronting the issues he's uncovered head on in order to make a better society then so be it. I respect him for having the moxy to write a book that could be considered extremely controversial. I also respect the fact that this book seems sort of timeless. He wrote this book in 1932 and now almost 80 years later it still seems both futuristic and plausible. All that being said I still don't really like his writing style and I wish there would have been some kind of exciting climax to spice the book up. So if you were to ask me whether or not I like this book my answer would have to be I don't know (He's still on third). But in all seriousness I think I'm going to have to wait for further discussions or readings before I can really answer that question.