1984
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George Orwell
1984 is a dystopian novel by English author George Orwell published in 1949. ?The novel is set in Airstrip One, a world of perpetual war, omnipresent government surveillance, and public manipulation. It is dictated by a political system named English Socialism under the control of the Inner Party, that persecutes individualism and independent thinking.Many of its terms and concepts, such as Big Brother, doublethink, thoughtcrime, Newspeak, Room 101, telescreen, 2 + 2 = 5, and memory holes, have entered into common use since its publication. In 2005, the novel was chosen by TIME magazine as one of the 100 best English-language novels.
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Author
George Orwell
Pages
370
Publisher
Enrich Spot Limited
Published Date
2016-07-29
ISBN
988123560X 9789881235602
Ratings
Google: 3
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This book was good, encouraging, eyeoprning, then horrifying. It is crazy how one can look at sociaty today and find similarities to the book. The thing is I love sad endings, but I need hope and love present. This book ended with the horror of a lost person who would never see the truth again, a broken soul with no hope or love. That scares me."
"I had to read this book for school and I didn’t love it but it wasn’t the worst book I’ve ever had to read. The plot definitely had some potential I just didn’t love the ending or some riskier subjects that it had. Overall I’d give it three out of five stars because it was sort of suspenseful and interesting."
"dnf at 37%
While I can appreciate what this book was trying to do, it over all wasn't for me. I had to read this for class otherwise I probably wouldn't have picked this up on my own.
The story follows a man named Winston who lives in this dystopian version of 1984 where there is a controlling government that is always watching you.
While I can appreciate and respect the importance of this book and why we had to read it, it was such a struggle to get into.
I find when I don't care about the characters in a book, I don't care about the story. Winston is an extremely unlikable sexist main character. While I can understand you can like a book and hate the protagonist, this was a different kind of dislike. I couldn't sympathize with a man who said things along the lines of smashing a girls head against a brick wall and then sleeping with her. In a story about a terrifying world, I didn't feel for anything he was going through.
The other characters were not really memorable besides maybe Julia. I couldn't keep on with what was going on as a lot of the story felt info dumpy.
This book is creepy with thinking about how our world is today, however, I just couldn't care for it. I've learned I just don't enjoy classics but I can respect why they are so significant."
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