Mirelavx answers “Why do people rate this book so high? ...”

Wilma asked this question about 1984:

Why do people rate this book so high? Surely I am missing something.

Mirelavx Maybe your country has never been through a communist/totalitarian regime :/ I personally haven't been born yet when my own was going through such a p…moreMaybe your country has never been through a communist/totalitarian regime :/ I personally haven't been born yet when my own was going through such a period, but everything I've heard about this period in our history I can see in this book, therefore I can feel a greater connection to this book. I think that those who do not like this book just cannot relate to it and therefore do not understand it well enough to appreciate it :/ (less)

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