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This book is a spine-chillingly accurate depiction of what living in a totalitarian state where everything you do is watched. Free thought is almost nonexistent as language has been progressively simplified down to only the most basic and uneducated terms so that people no longer have the words to exchange ideas. Relics of the once free past still exist but none survive who remember what they were for or even are, the government falsifies wars and transgressions done by enemies who were allies only a few years before, yet to remember even that is blasphemy against the state. Human nature itself is crushed down to but a few tiny fragments of desires, as no one is encouraged to love or build a family except to either indulge in momentary pleasure or to produce more workers for the government. Everything is suffocating, and we follow the main character on an uphill battle to fulfill a need for some some speck of freedom from ultimate oppression. It is a depiction of where our very world seems headed today, and it is terrifying. This book should be required reading for everyone living in a free society, as a warning. Read full review
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Uncanny book!! Orwell must have had a crystal ball when he pinned this book. Looking back, he was right on target with his information. Since I have lived through that time and have had a first hand look at a lot of the things he spoke about, I am startled at his being able to predict with such accuracy, the world's current condition. It is a MUST book to read.
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Was wanting a 1984 with a cool cover to use for a book exchange. I didn't read all of the description which is my fault but the book that came had a different cover that was underwhelming compared to the picture. That was disappointing but again my fault. Otherwise it is a great read, nicely packaged, as described
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Well the 1984 book is compelling. It makes you wonder was there some master plan in place 40-60 years ago. George Orwell almost predicts the future in his book and you learn to realize that freedom is very fragile. Highly recommend!!
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1984 was a good book. I had recently finished reading Atlas Shrugged, and with Ayn Rand's vernacular still lingering in my head, it was a little bit harder to adjust to Orwell's style. It was a very easy book to read, as it has only a few pages, and the words aren't very difficult for any level reader. I think that the story could have been progressed much more than it was. I never developed a passion for any of the characters, so when things happened in the book, I really didn't feel emotion for the characters involved. Orwell setup such an amazing framework for a truly inspirational and awe-inspiring novel during the first two hundred or so ages, but from then on, the book went downhill, as plot twists didn't have a strong influence on me emotionally, as aforementioned. One thing I did like about 1984 was the ending. It differs greatly from that of many contemporary works, as it tends to be slightly expected, yet largely unexpected. The feeling it gives the reader in the last 4 words is very strong, and I believe that the final sentence, and the emotion surrounding it, was Orwell's true intent in his writing this novel. Although I loved it, it could have been enunciated much more, to make the reader really love the characters and feel as the character feels. But I gave it a 4/5, because of the ideas that Orwell put into his work. This I believe is always the most important facet of any literature. He speaks to his audience on his beliefs of the potential future, and how not everything ends so happily every time. Sometimes the darker forces prevail with no hope for others. Thats where the darkness that he intertwined into his novel plays a pivotal part in my opinion of his work.Read full review
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