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1984

George Orwell

4.05 AVERAGE

challenging dark informative slow-paced
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No

I don't really know how I feel about this book. I know it was important to read as it's very commonly banned, but there are so many layers of metaphors. I'm going to have to do more research to understand better.

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slow-paced

Maybe I should have read this as part of a book club or with a reading guide. I really struggled to stay engaged with it, and it didn’t live up to my expectations at all.

I understand the warnings being made and appreciate that this was groundbreaking at the time, but 75 years later I’m just like…we can do better than this. There are a lot of books out there that do it better than this.
dark reflective tense slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: No
dark informative reflective tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

3.75⭐️
Po raz pierwszy czytałam tę książkę jakieś cztery lata temu i z perspektywy czasu wydaje mi się, że nieco ją wówczas przeceniłam, wypierając te wszystkie dziwaczne fragmenty. Wciąż uważam, że to powieść, którą warto przeczytać, ale jest w niej kilka rzeczy, które mi przeszkadzają. Ogromnym minusem, zarówno z „Rokiem 1984”, jak i wieloma książkami zaliczanymi do kanonu, jest to, że przestawieni w niej mężczyźni są niesamowicie ordynarni i odpychający: „Mdliło mnie na twój widok. Chciałem cię zgwałcić, a potem zamordować. Dwa tygodnie temu zastanawiałem się poważnie, czy nie roztrzaskać ci czaszki kamieniem.” Wiem, że czasami sztuka powinna szokować, ale czy na prawdę komuś stałaby się krzywda, gdyby bohaterowie nie byli tak prymitywni, jeśli akurat nie na tym opiera się fabuła powieści?
challenging dark mysterious reflective fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated
dark informative mysterious slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

I wish I liked this book more, but I found the characters to be insufferable and the plot to be contrived 

I don't know how to feel, just D:
dark mysterious reflective slow-paced
challenging dark reflective tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

George Orwell once again. Masterpiece. Unfortunately a book I had to read in school, thus it got kinda lame after the 1000th interpretation and analysis