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

200 reviews

pott's review against another edition

4.25

dark emotional reflective 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

Winston is a bitch ass motherfucker L + ratio haha

imagine getting yourself fucked over so bad what a fucking loser

I borrowed this from my teacher and read it in about a week or two. The book's concept really captivated me and it also being a classic, I knew I had to give it a read. Even though I'm not the biggest fan of dystopias, 1984 has such an interesting world built around it that even I got my fair share of enjoyment out of it. I found myself sitting the book in hand just reading for hours. My only critique would be that

the *book* sequence could have been cut a little shorter. It might just be a pet peeve of mine, but I absolutely can not stand such long explanations of things. Especially since it all could've been expressed within a page or two. To me, the *book* sequence was just laying down obvious facts and treating it as this huge revelation. I had to dig myself an audio book version to get through it. And that too, was great misery to me even in 1.75x speed.

Nonetheless, I really enjoyed the story.

What surprised me though, was when I was shocked to learn Winston was a huge misogynist. Of course, this is a book from 1949. What else could I have expected, you may ask. And you are right. That was my mistake and I will learn to think better in the future. Either way, I quite honestly started to want dreadful things to happen to him, as one would when they come across someone of this level. Reasonably, he was a motherless, never felt the love of a woman idiotic little -dipshit in my eyes. Absolute fucking wanker. And well... I was right. That's what he was. His mother- no his whole family was gone. I started to understand him, yet could not redeem him in my eyes just because of a sob story. Regardless, he did get some character development after getting a girlfriend. (common case) And I did realize that he in fact is not the worst of the worst.

I can not say, that I like Winston, but I can respect his growth.

Maybe he's not so bad. I would like to apologize for wishing bad on him.

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meganpbennett's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging dark sad tense slow-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

1984 is George Orwell's dystopian look at the future. Dystopias are drawn from the present, taking one or two things that are and exaggerate them until they become what could be. Some are more accurate than others, and the more accurate a dystopia, the scarier it tends to be, The surveillance state coming out of the Second World War and the Red Scare of the Cold War, all lead into the Telescreens, the retconning of history, Thought Police and Big Brother.

1984 is a terrifying look at what could be. It was also not intended to be an instruction manual, but a look at what happens when things are taken far, far, far too far.

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catrinaplace's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark inspiring reflective tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

A part of my soul just went missing and oops, I think it was this book

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laurenleigh's review against another edition

5.0

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: No

My first time reading 1984! I was extremely impressed by Orwell’s level of detail. I almost want to call it world-building, though I suppose it’s still the same old Earth Orwell found himself on too. I think it’s important to note that Orwell was not a fortune teller. He was commenting on certain facts of his current reality and extrapolating a possible future, which happened to be remarkably true for a number of reasons. It makes me wonder if he was alive today, what might a 2084 book look like? The reality of this fictional work is scary and depressing, but still fascinating. I was most struck by the relationship between media and memory. Can’t help but think of the modern phenomena of fake news. I particularly enjoyed this audiobook narrator, and I think it added a whole new layer of complexity.

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sinaprst's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark mysterious 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

I read this book 2 years ago and it still sits with me to this day and I think about it at least once a day.
Though written in 1948 it still feels modern and discusses issues that have never been more important.
I think everyone should read this book at least once in their life, believe me, you won`t regret it.

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jenna_justi2004's review against another edition

2.0

adventurous challenging dark informative sad tense slow-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

Not gonna lie I want to take my eyeballs out and eat them. This shit was so horrifying I can’t even fathom a world like this. But at the same time I see the similarities on how it is today. Not to that extent but enough. And it’s very scary. I didn’t like the book at all but I get the message and I will never ever be reading anything by this man unless I want to unalive myself. I literally have no happiness currently so.

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tiana_king's review against another edition

3.75

challenging dark reflective slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

The world building could’ve been done much better but when you get to the last quarter of the book, it’s most interesting. It was all a set up for the author to monologue about human nature, the cyclic nature of society, and the very Voldemort-esque final message of “power for the sake of power”. Despite it being a monologue it’s pretty thought provoking so I still think it was decent.

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zos's review against another edition

3.0

challenging dark sad tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

I know this is a "classic" but it might be one of the books that solidified my love for the dystopian genre. I love the world that was built, I love the characters and the decision that they make. This is one of my re-reads every year or so. I keep a physical copy of this book in my car in case I go anywhere and need something to read (once my phone and kindle die).

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garden_goyle's review against another edition

4.25

challenging emotional 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

the fact that the american right loves to quote this is absolutely hilarious especially when they use it in reference to communism lmaoooo

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tiktakkodiak's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark reflective sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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