Review: 1984
User Review - Ebookwormy - GoodreadsIt's not you, George Orwell, it's me. I was surprised that I tolerated "Brave New World" as well as I did, but I think what really threw me over on 1984 was the chapters of Goldstein's book. I needed ... Read full review
Review: 1984 Nineteen Eighty-Four
User Review - A Reader - weReadA well written novel with an intriguing, haunting concept. 1984 is a direct warning to the future of what mankind COULD become if something doesn't change. However I found the book incredibly bleak ... Read full review
Review: 1984 Nineteen Eighty-Four
User Review - A Reader - weReadDisturbing... but definitely impacted me. Not something I enjoyed reading, though. Read full review
Review: 1984 Nineteen Eighty-Four
User Review - A Reader - weReadI had high hopes for this book because of things I heard about it; however, it was quite disappointing. It took me forever to get into and once I was into it I found the story lacking. I would ... Read full review
Review: 1984 Nineteen Eighty-Four
User Review - A Reader - weReadThe author really doesn't get it. He understands that fascism is bad and thinks he understands why it's bad. Personal liberties are not some unalienable right the people have just because they were ... Read full review
Review: 1984
User Review - Ike - GoodreadsInteresting book. I enjoyed that it was an intelligent Sci-fi book. But... I don't argee with his picture for the future. I can see now why Neil Postman argues that our society is far more likely to ... Read full review
Review: 1984
User Review - Sarah - GoodreadsThis was a re-read. In one summer during high school I read 1984, Brave New World, and Fahrenheit 451--my "dis-topian literature summer"--and consequently got them all muddled in my head. To keep them ... Read full review
Review: 1984 Nineteen Eighty-Four
User Review - suchitra kamble - weReadit is one of my first english novel to read that to as text book i was fortunate that the professor who illustrated it was great as it is one of the most thoughtful book in my life the thoughts which ... Read full review
Review: 1984
User Review - Mom - GoodreadsNot so relevant anymore. Very unpleasant book. Read full review
Review: 1984 Nineteen Eighty-Four
User Review - A Reader - weReadFor one reason or another, every State is the result of the people’s choice. Chavez, Castro, Uribe. And no matter how hard education instills different levels of knowledge in people, people will ... Read full review