1984 question

I personally wasn't a fan, but each person is different. I say it's worth reading and it's actually very interesting, but some parts annoyed me to the point of not wanting to read it again. Like I said, each book has a different experience depending on the reader.

I read it when I was 14, so it has been a while. What I will tell you is that some things will stick with you forever. I remember vowing that I was going to make the world a better place when I grew up after reading that book. It made me want to make sure the world didn't become as was depicted in "1984." The themes are lasting. The importance of words, the connections to thoughts, are truths that I've grown to appreciate more and more as I have grown up.

I would definitely begin 1984. It's a good read, and I found it stuck with long after I read it.

If you enjoy it try Aldous Huxley's Brave New World.
Similar books but with a different perspective.

1984 is a scary depiction of what can happen if we allow unscrupulous political leaders to influence us through the media and censorship. The price of freedom is vigilance and a questioning public. Orwell had the Soviet Union in mind in this book, where public approval to the Party had to be expressed at every opportunity by individuals, otherwise one's loyalty was suspect and the secret police took notice.

1984 is a great book.

Like Kristine said, it will stick with you long after you have finished it ... I feel it should be required reading in school. It's a dystopian novel that serves as a warning for any society that claims to be a democracy but is okay with curtailing the rights of the individual to achieve its own ends.

If you can, try to watch the movie adaptation staring Richard Burton and John Hurt. It closely follows the book. Enjoy.

It starts off slow, but stick with it. The first 100 or so pages are meant to show you the isolation of the main character.

This book scared me. No, really!! Its a great book. Start reading it.

The book follows the awakening of the main character and his attempt to break free from the system and fight Big Brother, only to be caught and brainwashed into getting his mind right. It is thoroughly depressing and I don't recommend it for anyone who is going into it without an analytical mindset. I elaborate more on these thoughts in my personal review. However, it is well written simply in three parts that are easy to follow and not very long.

很不错的一本书，5年前读过，思想受到极大的震撼，十分佩服奥威尔的预见力和洞察力，同样也喜欢他写的《动物农场》。

It's an incredibly immersive political/technological dystopia, offering a more literal warning than Animal Farm about the dangers of extreme political idealism (as was exemplified by Stalinist USSR at the time of writing). Aside from this criticism however, there is no attack on any particular political ideology, merely the dangers of religious adherence to ideals/authority, so don't worry about being lectured about the virtues of capitalism or socialism or whatever.

I believe 1984 contrasts with quite a few contemporary dystopias (particularly in the YA genre) in that its central character, Winston Smith, is a more identifiably flawed and fearful person - who wouldn't be under the totalitarian grip of IngSoc? The reader will never get the sense that he is the clichéd 'chosen one', rather, he is an ordinary man who happens to be slightly more curious than those he lives and works alongside.

All in all, I would highly recommend this book as an introduction to dystopian literature. The only issue you'll have is finding something that matches up to it afterwards!

planning to re-read it for the second time, i found it very interesting it kind of changed my way of seeing things & i wanna read it again to see if i will see it differently & may b pick up something i previously missed

Reading 1984 is essential to be even moderately educated. It is more prophetic than entertaining.