Crome Yellow (edit title/settings)

• Rated 3 stars

“Nothing much happens in the quaint Crome. Thoughts flow freely and pave the path for Huxley's future works.”

• Rated 2 stars

“I've only started on the first few chapters, but I'm not liking it very much yet. Just plain British conversation based plot with a very viscous rate. Nothing happens and I think that's supposed to be the "charm" of Crome Yellow. Rather, the style that Huxley is attempting at.”

• Rated 4 stars

“I have to read this book again since I didn't really understand some parts of it. But I guess I just expected a lot from this book when it's actually just this simple short story about love and dreams. I can relate a lot to Denis — we're both bored and we don't care. There were a lot of inspiring lines which I really love. Also some discussions about religion and people. The ending... well, I think I would do that too but I hope Denis didn't. ”

• Rated 3 stars

“Like Virgin in the Garden and Brideshead Revisited had a more humorous love child. Charming”

• Rated 4 stars

“"Crome Yellow" is a satirical short story about the events which happen when a curious group of people spend a few days at Garsington Manor or referred to as "Crome". The story's focus is on Denis, a handsome and idealistic young man, who must endure the ridicule of his fellow housemates after admitting he planned to write a book about love, art and coming-of-age, a topic thoroughly in vogue and well overdone at the time. Denis also finds disappointment in love but meets a famous writer who insists he use his subconcious as a source of inspiration for heightening his creativity, word choice and eventually his hourly word count. In the end, Denis leaves Crome more confused about life than when he came. Interjected in this piece is the history of Crome, a great deal of post-Victorian morality lambasting and a smorgasbord of characters who are each seeking to define their place in the world by either bashing their rhetoric into each others heads or by placidly observing the event around them. At times amusing, witty and clearly ironic.”

• Rated 4 stars

“A light read with a meandering plot. Good for escaping for a day or two.”

• Rated 0 stars

“1/4 way in - I don't get it so far”

• Rated 4 stars

“Very much enjoyed the crazy characters and biting commentary by Huxley. ”

• Rated 4 stars

“Wonderful. Who knew they needed peach stones in WW1? Not me. Not a lot happens in Crome but the characters are worth the stay. Poor Denis is faced with his impotency as a lover, as a poet (if you write poetry you will know that feeling only too well), as a person and the pointlessness of life in general. I thought the ending was a bit half-hearted. ”

• Rated 3 stars

“Here you will find the nascent of a young author's earliest, novel effort. Although not all engrossing like B.N.W., it does hint to a man of remarkable potential, who eventually lived up to it while surpassing many of his contemporaries. ”