Brave New World by Aldous Huxley is an incredibly nauseating science fiction novel that focuses on progress, themes of easy pleasure and the human spirit. In a post-Ford society, children are grown through test tubes into a social hierarchy in an Epicurean society with one goal: happiness for eternity. In it, Benard attempts to higher his social status and ends up revealing more about the world that he lives in than he can cope with. Each character is well explored, has a story arch, and is likeable without any secondary character. The Savage character is one of the best characters I have ever read, and represents a romantic and noble love that has been since thrown out in this old world. This novel is an incredible work as firstly it follows no one character, but the perspective of an ever-growing story. This format gives it a unique perspective into the world that Huxley crafts, a dystopian sci-fi world with queasy and inhuman details. The content warning includes abuse of small children and self-mutilations. However, Huxley never presents these in a way that is unmerited: he illustrates what the problem with the 21st century ends up becoming, pleasure for pleasure’s sake. For a mature audience, this book is worth reading and highlights the future that isn’t-but-is, and the changing dynamics of the 21st century.