Review: 1984
User Review - Rachel - GoodreadsThis was one of those classics I was determined to read at least once in my life, and now I have done so, hooray! That being said, this was a 2-star read for me because regardless of how well it is ... Read full review
Review: 1984
User Review - Sarah Nicholes - GoodreadsTHAT LAST SENTENCE MADE ME SO MAD!!! I threw my copy of the book across the room and swore! But I do love it. I love this book so much because it sketches the perfect picture of a dystopia and ... Read full review
Review: 1984
User Review - Sarah - GoodreadsTHAT LAST SENTENCE MADE ME SO MAD!!! I threw my copy of the book across the room and swore! But I do love it. I love this book so much because it sketches the perfect picture of a dystopia and ... Read full review
Review: 1984
User Review - Darkfienix - GoodreadsNineteen Eighty-Four had been on my reading list for a while, due to an acute awareness that it was a gap in my own education. Some of the ideas from the novel are in our common vocabulary, such as ... Read full review
Review: 1984
User Review - Vasudev - GoodreadsThe book talks about a dystopian society where citizens do not have individual freedom.All the movements,thoughts and actions of citizens are monitored and influenced by Party. George orwell's book ... Read full review
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User Review - Lukewesterland - GoodreadsOrwell is great here in his ideas about fascism and the pit falls of an apathetic populace faced with a totalitarian government. Certainly profound in his slogans and his visions (face of big brother ... Read full review
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User Review - Yasiru - GoodreadsEvery once in a while I try to write a review for this, then invariably discard it as inadequate. One thing that's unquestionably true about Orwell's novel (and indeed his work at large- including his ... Read full review
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User Review - Paul Bulger - GoodreadsA frighteningly accurate vision of a dystopian future from an author seeking to expose the evils in an extreme communistic society in which government reign takes precedence over everything, all the ... Read full review
Review: 1984
User Review - Bonnie - GoodreadsWinston Smith & Julia & Emmanuel Goldstein Versus Big Brother Ingsoc (English socialism) Thought Police Obrien Newspeak doublethink throughtcrime Two Minutes Hate Hate Week Physical Jerks memory hole ... Read full review
Review: 1984
User Review - Tryn - GoodreadsI found this book more disturbing and yet more thought-provoking than the other dystopias I've read, perhaps because it is more believable. I cannot write everything I thought and felt during this ... Read full review