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The Sisterhood by Katherine Bradley
challenging
dark
hopeful
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
Nobody really remembers when, but once, long ago, the place where Julia lives used to be called Great Britain. And now? Well, everything is different now. Oceania is a destitute land run by Ingsoc, where there are three tiers of categorized people. The Inner Party - the people with the privilege of education, of luxury, of thought and privacy - the Outer Party and the Proles.
Big Brother is always watching. In a time where everyone is so indoctrinated by the presense of Big Brother, where they accept that they are constantly under surveillance, where they praise Big Brother for his kindness, where they love him, where they devote their lives to him, where the give up their family members for him, he doesn't even exist. He is the voice on the telescreens, the face on posters and yet he is a persona. An illusion. A ghost.
But in this world where having your own opinion is a crime, where the only emotion allowed is love for Big Brother and hate for Oceania's enemies, Outer Party Julia and the other members of The Sisterhood do whatever they can to fight for a free future. Hoping that she found a member of another rebel group - The Brotherhood, Julia sets out to gain information that will finally help then take down Big Brother. But no matter how careful she is, she is always being watched - like everyone else. But she has a weapon, her true identity, which might be the only thing she can use to take down Ingsoc or might be her downfall.
My thoughts:
This book was riveting, haunting, exceptionally well-written, terrifying and absolutely fantastic. Not only was the story brilliant from the beginning, the entire book was so metaphoric it made my hair rise! Julia's thought process was so cutthroat and straight to the point. The story was the right amount of intriguing, captivating and utterly horrific. The author wrote at the end that she hoped George Orwell would have approved and I think he certainly would have. The characters! The plot twists! The hope! The shock! The horror!! I absolutely loved the read, I don't read much dystopian but this book was phenomenal.
Big Brother is always watching. In a time where everyone is so indoctrinated by the presense of Big Brother, where they accept that they are constantly under surveillance, where they praise Big Brother for his kindness, where they love him, where they devote their lives to him, where the give up their family members for him, he doesn't even exist. He is the voice on the telescreens, the face on posters and yet he is a persona. An illusion. A ghost.
But in this world where having your own opinion is a crime, where the only emotion allowed is love for Big Brother and hate for Oceania's enemies, Outer Party Julia and the other members of The Sisterhood do whatever they can to fight for a free future. Hoping that she found a member of another rebel group - The Brotherhood, Julia sets out to gain information that will finally help then take down Big Brother. But no matter how careful she is, she is always being watched - like everyone else. But she has a weapon, her true identity, which might be the only thing she can use to take down Ingsoc or might be her downfall.
My thoughts:
This book was riveting, haunting, exceptionally well-written, terrifying and absolutely fantastic. Not only was the story brilliant from the beginning, the entire book was so metaphoric it made my hair rise! Julia's thought process was so cutthroat and straight to the point. The story was the right amount of intriguing, captivating and utterly horrific. The author wrote at the end that she hoped George Orwell would have approved and I think he certainly would have. The characters! The plot twists! The hope! The shock! The horror!! I absolutely loved the read, I don't read much dystopian but this book was phenomenal.