Review: 1984
User Review - Jason - GoodreadsIt took me almost six months, but I finally got through it. I appreciate its value in the great dystopian lexicon and I understand its impact both when it was first written and even upon today's ... Read full review
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User Review - Jane - GoodreadsAll of my adult life I have intended to read this book. Now I finally have. I am not sure how a book could ever be what you expect (at least in fiction anyhow, that's probably the sign of a bad book ... Read full review
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User Review - Thomas Olivent - Goodreads1984 by George Orwell is known as a classic. The entire novel is mostly about the author's fear of becoming a totalitarian state, not only in the future, but also in his present day when he wrote it ... Read full review
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User Review - Mckenzie - GoodreadsThis was my third and final read of the summer, and just like the others I did not enjoy it. During the majority of the book, I felt as if there was no real activity that any of the characters were ... Read full review
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User Review - dragonhelmuk - GoodreadsYou can find this very cheap online because it's getting a bit old now. Contentious, if very short book. I actually found it a bit gratuitous with all the torture, particularly when there was no real ... Read full review
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User Review - Chris Blocker - GoodreadsThis review has not been approved by the Ministry of Truth. It will not be approved. It contain radical thoughts which counter Big Brother. It also has too many italics. Classic. What is a classic ... Read full review
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User Review - Jaya Sutliff - GoodreadsDuring: This book is hard to get through for me. I do like how Smith wants to rebel against the thought police and to kind of start a revolution. But, I think it is too risky and he will get caught ... Read full review
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User Review - Andrew Hosler - GoodreadsI thought that this was a really interesting book up until they obtained the book. 1984 really made you think about what the government could become. They have no freedom. You couldnt even think ... Read full review
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User Review - Daniel Gardner - GoodreadsI thought this book was for the most part uneventful and not as chilling as the author would likely have intended. Creating a plot that requires that humans at one point agreed to create a society in ... Read full review
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User Review - Teddy Wright - GoodreadsReview: I thought the book 1984 was dull at best. It was very redundant, and come on, who didn't know the rebellion was going to fail. I found many connections to WWII and the dictatorship of Hitler ... Read full review