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4.1 AVERAGE
4.1 AVERAGE
I have no idea how to review this book, except to say it is utterly brilliant, utterly startling, and disturbing on a profound level.
I am fairly sure I got a lot more out of it now than I would have had I read it as a teen. I keep thinking abut the "doublethink" concept in the book, and how that reminds me of so much that is happening now politically, though in a more "unofficial" capacity. What struck me the most, however, was the rewriting of history. While not done in the same manner as the book describes, we certainly do have a lot of it going on nonetheless, and it left me feeling pretty disturbed that George Orwell was thinking and writing this in 1949, and we seem to have learned nothing since then.
I am fairly sure I got a lot more out of it now than I would have had I read it as a teen. I keep thinking abut the "doublethink" concept in the book, and how that reminds me of so much that is happening now politically, though in a more "unofficial" capacity. What struck me the most, however, was the rewriting of history. While not done in the same manner as the book describes, we certainly do have a lot of it going on nonetheless, and it left me feeling pretty disturbed that George Orwell was thinking and writing this in 1949, and we seem to have learned nothing since then.
Time for a re-read
If you only read this book while I school I highly recommend a second go at it. It is amazing how much content is relevant today. Anybody say “alternative truth”????
If you only read this book while I school I highly recommend a second go at it. It is amazing how much content is relevant today. Anybody say “alternative truth”????
Fact became fiction, and once again, fiction is becoming fact. These two books are a blueprint for 2017. Amazing reads.
challenging
dark
slow-paced
challenging
dark
reflective
slow-paced
I hated it. And not because it wasn't a well written book. From the moment I started this book, I just knew that shit was going to go real bad, real quick but even still, it's so unfair!
The Animal Farm: ich musste mich etwas durchquälen, da die Entwicklung doch recht offensichtlich war. Dennoch sehr anregend, sich selbst Gedanke zu machen. Besonders lustig fand ich, wie beschrieben wurde, dass die Schweine mit der Verwaltung der Farm beschäftigt sind. Die Absurdität und der Mangel an Effizienz ist zwar sehr auf die Spitze getrieben, doch der Kern dessen lässt sich auch im wahren Leben finden.