History YMMV / BraveNewWorld

* ClicheStorm: The more negative reviews of the 2020 TV series adaptation generally hold this view, as the book has inspired so many other dystopian works that [[OnceOriginalNowOverdone the series doesn't feel like anything new.]]

* ClicheStorm: The more negative reviews of the 2020 TV series adaptation generally hold this view, as the book has inspired so many other dystopian works that [[SeinfeldIsUnfunny the series doesn't feel like anything new.]]

* MisaimedFandom: Some hedonistic fans don't view the Brave New World as all that bad and agree with Mond's belief that happiness should be prioritized over goodness, with some even wishing they could live in that world. This completely misses the point of the book, which is that happiness without goodness--such familial bonds, free-thinking, moral values, respect for others, and love--is shallow, unfulfilling and destructive. It also misses the fact that the World State is actively (if subtly) enforcing the status quo by controlling the dissemination of knowledge and culture and weeding out dissidents -- exile to one of the islands may be more humane than [[Literature/{{1984}} being sent to Room 101]], but it's no less an arbitrary exercise of totalitarian state power.

* MisaimedFandom: Some hedonistic fans don't view the Brave New World as all that bad and agree with Mond's belief that happiness should be prioritized over goodness, with some even wishing they could live in that world. This completely misses the point of the book, which is that happiness without goodness--such familial bonds, free-thinking, moral values, respect for others, and love--is shallow, unfulfilling and destructive.

* MoralEventHorizon: The government of the Brave New World is firmly established as a Very Bad Thing in Chapter 2, where we see the use of ElectricTorture on [[WouldHurtAChild Delta babies]] in order to [[BehavioralConditioning condition them]] into having an aversion to books and flowers which will stop them from educating themselves or enjoying nature.

* TooBleakStoppedCaring: The sheer soul-crushing hopelessness of the story combined with the utter depravity of the CrapsaccharineWorld it portrays can cause depression in some readers. In fact, the novel was chastised by critics for precisely this reason upon its initial publication in 1932, and Huxley himself later regretted not [[TakeAThirdOption offering John the Savage a way out of his dilemma]].

** Huxley himself constantly championed the increasing relevance of ''Brave New World'' in interviews conducted near the end of his life. Modern editions often mention on the back cover how many of the book's predictions about the future seem to be coming true, and Huxley himself wrote ''Brave New World Revisited'', a commentary on his own work in which he concludes that the world was becoming like ''Brave New World'' '''at a much faster rate than he thought'''.

** Huxley himself constantly championed ''Brave New World'''s increasing relevance in interviews conducted near the end of his life. Modern editions often mention on the back cover how many of the book's predictions about the future seem to be coming true, and Huxley himself wrote ''Brave New World Revisited'', a commentary on his own work in which he concludes that the world was becoming like ''Brave New World' '''at a much faster rate than he thought'''.

** Huxley himself constantly championed ''Brave New World'''s increasing relevance in interviews conducted near the end of his life. Modern editions often mention on the back cover how many of the book's predictions about the future seem to be coming true.