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A review by girlnextshore
1984 by Daniel Kehlmann, George Orwell
5.0
One of my favourite books growing up, which is an eye-opener on the tyranny of false virtues.
I try to read this book every five years or so, for a little bit of social mirroring I'm still amazed at how prophetic it is *cough*fake news and alternative facts*cough*, and how its political thesis stands true to life.
Also, for the longest time, I thought this was Orwell's finest (perhaps romanced by the sentiment of him writing and finishing this in a remote island before his death), but having read Yevgeny Zamyatin's [b:We|76171|We|Yevgeny Zamyatin|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1421883730l/76171._SY75_.jpg|2144026] in between, I've realised how much was borrowed, and now conceding that [b:Animal Farm|170448|Animal Farm|George Orwell|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1325861570l/170448._SY75_.jpg|2207778] is much better.
I try to read this book every five years or so, for a little bit of social mirroring I'm still amazed at how prophetic it is *cough*fake news and alternative facts*cough*, and how its political thesis stands true to life.
Also, for the longest time, I thought this was Orwell's finest (perhaps romanced by the sentiment of him writing and finishing this in a remote island before his death), but having read Yevgeny Zamyatin's [b:We|76171|We|Yevgeny Zamyatin|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1421883730l/76171._SY75_.jpg|2144026] in between, I've realised how much was borrowed, and now conceding that [b:Animal Farm|170448|Animal Farm|George Orwell|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1325861570l/170448._SY75_.jpg|2207778] is much better.