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Julia: A Novel

Sandra Newman

3.8 AVERAGE

ccnls's review against another edition

3.75

mysterious 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

davidfiel24's review against another edition

3.0

adventurous dark emotional 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: Yes

lauraofthenorth's review against another edition

3.25

dark emotional tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

It’s an interesting book - an interesting companion to the main book. I wasn’t rereading 1984 whilst this one, but it certainly had a more solid ending than the original and I did find it overall more interesting from Julia’s perspective.

I got it through the library as an audiobook lend and it was a good background listen overall.

It’s not that it missed the point but it gave me a lot of questions as to how necessary it is as a text. There’s not anything different or new here - even in terms of the ideas.

Would I recommend it? If you really want a companion to read alongside the Orwell classic then I would pass.