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1984

George Orwell

4.05 AVERAGE

pearlymushroom's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative mysterious sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

lizz_starduster8008's review against another edition

3.0

it was alright

eliz33's review against another edition

4.5

dark informative medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

ally_gator337's review against another edition

4.75

dark 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

big thinker, not as good as i thought it’d be but i do understand the point. and the ending is really good once it sinks in. very long and very slow but important message.

laurenh13's review against another edition

3.0

dark tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

Officially my first classic done.

I actually thought it would be more haunting. Obviously the similarities we see to today are scary and if I think too much about it I’ll never sleep again.

If I just look at it as a dystopian novel, I think it definitely got the point across in a very harrowing way. It could’ve been longer to really nail that point in? But also what do I know about classics?

I enjoyed it and I’m scared that’s all I can say.