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1984

George Orwell

Start date: December 15, 2010

Finish date: January 31, 2011

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Aug 03, 2011 Barbara rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: novels, read-in-2011, fantasy, classics, recently-reread, group-banned-books-club, read-a-long-time-ago, published-in-1940s, group-reads, science-fiction

Believe it or not, I had to stop reading this last night. I just need a break from it for a while. (I made it to page 270, so I only have around 40 or so pages left.)

It's not that I don't like the book. I think I couldn't finish it for a few reasons:

1) Probably the main reason -- I've been very stressed lately due to deadlines at work and numerous other reasons, so I think my concentration level is very short right now.

2) Although I know that this is considered one of the best books ever writte ...more

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Oct 31, 2010 Jared Quist rated it did not like it

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This book was terrible! I just did not like it. Winston is disgusting. He is basically the exact opposite of everything I want in a protagonist. I understand the picture Orwell was trying to paint, but I certainly didn't like it. ...more

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Nov 06, 2010 Sharon added it · review of another edition

Could not get into this book at all so giving up on reading it and moving on. What a boring book. Can't believe people rave about it.... Giving 0 stars. ...more

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