Brave New World

I listened to a dramatic audiobook version.

The start and the setup is very good. The world itself is interesting and a utopia from a certain angle. This is a world where you will be programmed to the most alpha (literally) have great appearance, pleasure, orgies available everywhere, work will be simple and optimal, there are no intellectual challenges, no marriage, commitment, fun events everywhere, constant travelling of the world available. But it still has a few flaws and one of the main characters for some reason is let to participate in this society despite not meeting any of the genetic requirements which are very carefully conditioned.

The main conflict is a bit weird, it's like the main characters want the suffering, the sadness, ageing, and terrible things that happen while living. I don't think we are deprived of these things currently so not sure how to apply the story to any of my thinking. I guess any societal extremes are detrimental to the individual and we should seek to balance both the society and individual needs.

The main male character idealises, but also devalues the person he loves at the same time, recognizes her as an object created by society, but also wants her. It's a bit odd, I dunno, I don't feel there was a satisfying conclusion to most things or how they progressed.

This book has good concepts and with better execution it would have rocked. There is a chapter at the start in particular which is so fragmented and shifts perspectives so rapidly, it was very jarring. Not sure how modern it is to call one of the characters from tribes a savage, did they have a name? I don't remember it. I expected this to be a little more interesting idk, the very start was very fun tho with all the genetic modification stuff, it's such a fascinating subject.