Review: 1984
User Review - Elen Neuve - GoodreadsGeorge Orwell comletely ripped off his 1984 from Yevgeny Zamyatin 's We (published in 1921) Yevgeny Zamyatin 's We novel is much better. I recommend it to everyone who liked 1984 Zamyatin E.Мы Firstly ... Read full review
Review: 1984
User Review - JoAnn Courtney - GoodreadsI tried really hard to read this book because of all the profound reviews, but it was honestly too boring for me. I'm used to action-y plotlines, and I could tell that the plot was going somewhere ... Read full review
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User Review - Julesmarie - GoodreadsThis book single-handedly destroyed my ability to read books without knowing the ending in advance. I can't remember ever hating a book as much as I hated this one (which, I suppose, is an indication ... Read full review
Review: 1984
User Review - Chelsea Waddell - GoodreadsIn the book 1984, George Orwell was writing around the time of 1948 which is around the time after world war II and the cold war period. I think that Orwell was trying to warn all of the world what ... Read full review
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User Review - Mary Alice - GoodreadsThis book that scared me in the sixties seems no more than bleak today. 1984 may have been prophetic when it came out in 1949, but not one single prediction has come true. And it is really no more ... Read full review
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User Review - Paige - GoodreadsI did not like this book either. It was ridiculous. I will never ever read this again. I had a literal headache after reading a section. When i found out that the book was divided into sections and ... Read full review
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User Review - Emily - GoodreadsI know 1984 if is a classic and one of the first in the dystopian genre, one of my favorites, so I decided to go back to its roots and read from where it all started. Big mistake. This book is painful ... Read full review
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User Review - Bette - GoodreadsI re-read this book because my 8th grade daughters were offered the opportunity to read it for their English class. I didn't recall it too well since I'd read it in high school (a loooong time ago ... Read full review
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User Review - Shiloh Burt - GoodreadsI had to read this book for a class. I enjoyed it when Orwell would paint the big picture and describe how everything was in the future, however, he often got too carried away with describing ... Read full review
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User Review - Sandra Hestand - GoodreadsMaybe this was ahead of it's time, at it's time. I thought classics were supposed to hold their value, but this just doesn't. Yeah, yeah Big Brother this, Big Brother that, watch out for the thought ... Read full review
