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1984

Kurt Wagenseil, George Orwell

4.05 AVERAGE

austenheroineinprogress's review against another edition

4.0

dark 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: Complicated

hortensia's review against another edition

4.0

dark slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

jalayna's review against another edition

3.75

challenging reflective slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

gcbrune2003's review against another edition

4.0

A hauntingly bleak novel about authoritarian regimes. This book chilled me as I kept drawing parallels to today’s society. The writing in of itself was somehow both sterile and emotional at the same time. The story is just a gut punch to anyone with a free spirit. My only complaint is the section where you read “the book” along with Winston. I felt it dragged on and honestly most of it would have been better off as a part of the appendix at the end with the Newspeak section.

mattnor's review against another edition

4.0

A classic. Not a great story in itself, but he brings his point across clear enough - the horror of a totalitarian dystopia and why we should never allow it to come to pass.