Review: 1984
User Review - Matthew Duke - GoodreadsGeorge Orwell's 1984 illuminated my ideals of oppression and paranoia. This negative utopia is Orwell's reflection of the future. Winston, a rugged forty-five year old man is beaten down the ... Read full review
Review: 1984
User Review - Paper Droids - GoodreadsI honestly don't think I would have been able to read 1984 in high school. I can see why it gets taught, but something about the entire premise of the book just terrifies me. Spoilers ahead. The book ... Read full review
Review: 1984
User Review - Iain - GoodreadsI re-read this for the first time since school (that's 30 years - it actually says 'Iain Martin, 1983') to fit in around the George Orwell season on Radio 4. Reviews always seem to focus on how ... Read full review
Review: 1984
User Review - Hesham - GoodreadsI have a few comments about what I believe to have understood from his book: - If Orwell was alive today, I believe he would be extremely disappointed by the usage of terms such as "Big Brother" in ... Read full review
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User Review - Emily - GoodreadsI feel torn over 1984. On one hand it was fantastic, on the other hand it was bland. I think that after reading the book you can appreciate Orwell's genius in writing such a politically and socially ... Read full review
Review: 1984
User Review - Brooke - GoodreadsUnlike the majority of my class, I actually enjoyed this novel. I absolutely loved Winston, I felt connected to him in a way. He wants to write the truth for the world - or anyone that would read it ... Read full review
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User Review - Brandon Synan - GoodreadsPower as an endgame doesn't hold up. Orwell treats humanity as a fungus, ignorant, alive, dormant. Although I think the principles hold up and I can see a future that would mimic this as possible, I ... Read full review
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User Review - Pawel - GoodreadsAfter reading this engrossing book you may got an impression - Orwell's creativity nowadays would make him best TV series scriptwriter ever. However and what is the most important here - his ideas ... Read full review
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User Review - Holly - GoodreadsBetrayal permeates "1984". Like the real estate that Winston Smith, a worker in the Party propaganda mill, works and sleeps in, the color of this story is dull gray. Exquisitely watched, the minutiae ... Read full review
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User Review - Shelby Kuzma - GoodreadsA little background information: George Orwell wrote this novel as a warning to future Americans about what could happen if the government continued to run the way it was. 1984 takes place in the ... Read full review
