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WAR IS PEACE.
FREEDOM IS SLAVERY.
IGNORANCE IS STRENGTH.
This book was good... but sometimes too preachy for me. Part 2 went on and on when I was reading the parts that took place from the book that was given out. I will say I was surprised at the twist at the end about who was apart of the Party. I can see why some people love this book. If you are someone would is afraid the US is acting too much like big brother you will love this book. I can see why this book is still popular and has become a ...more
FREEDOM IS SLAVERY.
IGNORANCE IS STRENGTH.
This book was good... but sometimes too preachy for me. Part 2 went on and on when I was reading the parts that took place from the book that was given out. I will say I was surprised at the twist at the end about who was apart of the Party. I can see why some people love this book. If you are someone would is afraid the US is acting too much like big brother you will love this book. I can see why this book is still popular and has become a ...more
Oct 01, 2016
Cindy Walsh
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I wanted to read this book years and years ago, but never got around to it. But now that I am trying to work my way through the Rory Gillmore Reading list, I decided to read it. Wow, what a mood of hopelessness about the future written in 1949 ( or around that time).. Very scary that it still could end that way even now that it is beyond 1984... George Owell really hit on the fact that if we do not heed this warning that man will lose their human qualities and become soulless people. The book wa
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It’s been long enough that this was almost a first read for me. It is a very good book, undeniably, but I found it very slow in places (excerpting a book in the middle of it was painful and frankly felt a little heavy-handed). I also did not love the casual treatment of the MC’s rape fantasy—as though it was only to be expected if normal sexual relations were curtailed. On the whole, though, engaging and worth the second read 20+ years later.
Prescribed reading when I was at school.
I loved the imagery here.
The analogies of perfection and supremacy still ring true today.
A fascinating insight into an imagined future
I loved the imagery here.
The analogies of perfection and supremacy still ring true today.
A fascinating insight into an imagined future
Jan 29, 2008
Barbara
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Jul 15, 2009
jenna Hudrlik
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liked it
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Jan 01, 2015
Poppy
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it was amazing
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Jan 15, 2018
Elisa
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really liked it
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May 23, 2018
Amanda
marked it as to-read
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