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Mar 05, 2012
Bror (Abrar)
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it was amazing
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2nd read 2022/ 5 🌟
Coming back to this book after almost 10 years as a mature person with a very different eye and view of the world really hits differently, I still think it's fucked up and just sad but it's all true and coming to be, or it's happening while I'm writing this right now, the world is actually that bad if not worst, did Orwell see into the future or he just felt that history will repeat itself?
I'm just sad that my very young self had actually felt wronged by this book and that th ...more
Coming back to this book after almost 10 years as a mature person with a very different eye and view of the world really hits differently, I still think it's fucked up and just sad but it's all true and coming to be, or it's happening while I'm writing this right now, the world is actually that bad if not worst, did Orwell see into the future or he just felt that history will repeat itself?
I'm just sad that my very young self had actually felt wronged by this book and that th ...more
Jun 09, 2011
Mariam
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Forty years it had taken him to learn what kind of smile was hidden beneath the dark moustache. O cruel, needless misunderstanding! O stubborn, self-willed exile from the loving breast! Two gin-scented tears trickled down the sides of his nose. But it was all right, everything was all right, the struggle was finished. He had won the victory over himself. He loved Big Brother.
I do believe this book is overrated in terms of being a novel. As a novel it is quite average and at some points it is actually below average. However, I do understand the fascination of the scary portrayal of world gone wrong. But it is published as a novel and then it has to be judged as a novel. Unfortunately, the first 2/3 part of the book is full of plot holes and irrational behavior of the characters. Characters are in general very superficial and you never get to really care about their d
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So basically this book is torture porn....
Feb 12, 2011
Kate
marked it as to-read
Feb 20, 2011
Rachelle
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Mar 12, 2011
Sarah
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Apr 05, 2011
Panda
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Feb 27, 2012
Mochaspresso
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