Brave New World

Like an earthquake, except the shaking is of our imagination and principles.
It is very hard to put a finger on what exactly is wrong in this book, because everything orbits around happiness, positive thoughts and well-being. But inside you, it wakes up the voice that needs to utter “this is wrong” at every page. I often felt blocked in trying to justify why this or that was wrong. The only hope to find is in the “savage” character that seems to be the link with our real world. He is brought to the fantasy land and feels uncomfortable in it. He was the only character with which I could fraternize in the whole book, and ironically he is called by the others as “the savage”. This is a difficult book, not in the sense that it's hard to read, but it's full of hard to swallow bits, morally challenging and very likely to generate disgust or contempt in some situations. Though I totally recommend it, just to make us aware of what is possible when people allow themselves to go too far.