39.8k reviews for:

1984

Kurt Wagenseil, George Orwell

4.05 AVERAGE

kendoll_renea's review against another edition

4.0

dark emotional informative sad tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

jrd_reads's review against another edition

3.0

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This was a hard book to read, not only because of the current state of our country - but also because I kept falling asleep. Throughout reading, I thought I was missing something - like some deeper meaning. I didn't.

edmonddantesisdead's review against another edition

4.0

challenging dark reflective tense medium-paced

rachelkmartin's review against another edition

4.0

challenging dark emotional reflective tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

livsantifort's review against another edition

3.75

dark informative mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

hummus4374's review against another edition

4.0

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

brittvangent's review against another edition

4.0

fast-paced

bivainyte's review against another edition

4.75

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

afrareads's review against another edition

5.0

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I enjoyed watching the play, and I also enjoyed reading the book. Even though dystopian themes don't usually interest me, it was a pleasant experience.

er_in's review against another edition

4.0

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Don’t have the energy to write a full review but here are my key opinions
- the first classic that I’ve read where the storyline hooked me and kept me reading and interested
- I don’t like Winston
- I understand why this ending in necessary and adds to the story and the message, but I still didn’t like it (these types of endings just aren’t for me)
- love love love the way language was used to control people (not having certain words so that people cannot even express or notice what they are missing)