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1984 by Humberto Eco, Miguel Temprano García, George Orwell, George Orwell

375 reviews

palepixie's review against another edition

4.0

dark reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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quintopus's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark reflective sad tense medium-paced

Orwell writes a sharp-eyed disturbing vision of a future that shares der real unsettling similarities with the world that we live in right now. There are the technological aspects of Telescreens that are always on, always watching, or machine generated works of literature and music that aim to entertain and are completely soulless. There is also the simplification and radicalisation of language that result in things like a two minute hate to fuel inequality towards the “other” instead of striving for change within.
But Orwell himself writes with deep, furious empathy, at times giving us an intimate view of poverty and torture that forces you to feel the injustices committed on paper.
It’s an impressive, exhausting, amazing novel. I feel like I need to almost adjust my other reviews to give this one the rating it deserves.
10/10. Read it if you haven’t.

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olive_mei's review against another edition

4.25

challenging dark mysterious 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

The fact that this book was written in 1949 trying to imagine how 1984 is going to be, however we’re in 2025 and this feels as real as ever. It’ll never cease to amaze me how current this is.

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sparrolina's review against another edition

4.0

challenging dark mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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dkamada's review against another edition

3.75

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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adry111's review against another edition

2.5

adventurous mysterious reflective tense medium-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

Me personally, never again, to really get into the book you would have to reread it, however I don’t have the mental capacity to pick up the book again. But, for some people it is a very interesting book and I can see how they’re into it, it’s just not for me.

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eina_phets's review against another edition

3.25

challenging dark reflective slow-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

I like dystopia as a genre and there were definitely elements of this that I enjoyed.

I can understand why this is studied and considered to be a classic but I'm not sure how entertaining it really is.

I understood the gist of the message/messages within this book and I do think it's interesting to take elements and apply them to real life.

I disliked being beaten over the head with the message over and over and over again. I also really really disliked the book within a book chapter. I'm fine with admitting that I'm probably too stupid to understand it ; it just felt too dense and a little out of place.

Julia was terribly written and it felt very misoganistic and sexist at times. I feel this book is probably a product of its time so doesn't translate as well as it once did.

Perhaps I'll re read down the line and gather a deeper understanding and appreciation. I'm glad I have read it but I can't say that it's one that'll stand out as a favourite.

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