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1984

George Orwell

Start date: August 1, 2016

Finish date: August 31, 2016

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Mar 05, 2012 Bror (Abrar) rated it it was amazing

Shelves: pick-it-for-me-challenges, 2022-favorites

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

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Apr 24, 2011 Mr. Twinkie rated it liked it

Shelves: thebest100list, best-of-classics, science-fiction, dystopian, 1940-1950

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 ...more

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