Just about scrapes a 3 star rating on a reread. I read this first in my late teens but had completely forgotten it. I found it really quite boring thiJust about scrapes a 3 star rating on a reread. I read this first in my late teens but had completely forgotten it. I found it really quite boring this time round. I remember always preferring Brave New World as a dystopian look at the future. But I also feel this has lost it's impact because in the modern western world at least, we really are being watched and monitored 24/7, not only through cameras on every street corner, but through our use of phones, the internet, even our loyalty cards for stores. The audio was awful too....more