Review: 1984
User Review - Carla - GoodreadsIt is clear that the government will always try to take our freedom and always exert much power on its people. The government will try to control our minds, break our morale such that we simply become ... Read full review
Review: 1984
User Review - Zak Kizer - GoodreadsThe most well-known of all dystopian novels, George Orwell's 1984 tells the story of a man and a woman who live in a future where war is peace, freedom is slavery and ignorance is strength. While not ... Read full review
Review: 1984
User Review - Andrew - GoodreadsA thoroughly depressing novel, but one that I think expresses the despair felt by Orwell at least and perhaps the world as a whole following WWII: the world has been taken over by continent-spanning ... Read full review
Review: 1984
User Review - Jossi - GoodreadsPerception is reality. I read on a review that this book should be treated as an essay because of its author's writing style and I will treat it as such because it did feel like I was reading one as ... Read full review
Review: 1984
User Review - Mick - GoodreadsOne of the greatest works of social realism. A dystopian society where "Big Brothers" called Google and Facebook control every individual's actions and communications. The citizens are not allowed to ... Read full review
Review: 1984
User Review - Robert Wright - GoodreadsIt's been so long since I last read it, I felt I had to re-read it to have something to say. It's part of a pair of distopian classics with Brave New World. It's still deserving of its classic status ... Read full review
Review: 1984
User Review - Allison - GoodreadsWhen I first read the book 1984 by George Orwell in high school, I didn't really like it. However, after I graduated I kept seeing references to it and the whole “Big Brother” idea so; I decided to ... Read full review
Review: 1984
User Review - Sierra - GoodreadsWe live in Orwell's 1984.It's like the time has been frozen. When I read 1984 I had a feeling of sorrow and sympathy for Winston in particular,but then I asked myself Am I not living the same way as ... Read full review
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User Review - Christy - GoodreadsThis it the first fiction I've ever read about a future socialist dystopia. I really liked the story line but it did get a little too much into the minute details of the government and language ... Read full review
Review: 1984
User Review - Al Spaulding - GoodreadsRead this book for the first time 20 yrs ago back in junior year of high school and while I enjoyed it, it was nothing compared to the way it completely gripped me when I re-read it recently. It is an ... Read full review
