Book Reviews of 1984

A starteling novel that notes the surreal events of a future where the government not only controls life, but watches your every move. (Think the patriot act on some serius steroids) This book will make you wonder about what the media is and is not telling us.

One of my favorite dystopian books-however, I wouldn't considering "light reading" a la a crime novel or romance novel. Definitely thought provoking.

Was Orwell a prophet, or what? If you've never read this modern classic of "negative utopia", you may well be shocked to find how profoundly it resonnates with the political climate of today. A must-read (or re-read!) cautionary tale.

In my opinion, this is George Orwell's best book. "1984" is a scarily accurate dystopic novel about what the author saw going on around him during the rise of such dictatorships as Stalin and Hitler. The novel asks what the world would be like if such totalitarian socialism were allowed to run rampant and take over everywhere, and the answers Orwell digs up are terrifying in their implications! Read this book, challenge your mind, awaken your senes to what is happening in the world around you now, and be changed forever. "1984" is absolutely one of the best books ever written!

A classic I think everyone should read. I really makes you think.

I recently reread this for the first time since 1984. It is still brilliantly scary.

I found this book more interesting than Animal farm since I love the correlation with world history in this novel, the whole conflict of fake communism and socialism.

Excellent Book, Orwell's best for sure.

Everyone needs to read this book. Excellent. A classic and a must.

Stark and Timeless, Hopeless and Compelling.

This undisputed classic is a must-read in post-Patriot Act America!

What a book! So intense and thought-provoking. I love when a book can really make you feel all the emotions of the characters, like they're actually happening to you yourself--and this book did just that. Everybody living in America should have to read this book at some point or another. I loved it so much I might not re-post it! (sorry!)

One of my all-time favorite books. I get chills every time I re-read it. This book really makes you think "what if" government were to usurp that much control out of its citizens' hands??? While this tale is (obviously) fiction, the message it delivers is a scary reality check.

I suppose this book has a lost a bit of its mystique since we are well passed the year 1984, but the themes are still chilling. Up until the very end, I found myself comparing the story with things that HAVE happened. "War is Peace" is one of the society's mantras in the book... reminds me of things that are happening today in our country. Of course, this book takes it to the extreme of a Negative Utopia. Good book. Really makes you think about what you believe and why you believe it.

I have read this book over and over since 1984. It's different everytime I read it. It's a story that touches on our paranoias about the "future", but it also speaks to our ideas of what privacy and rights we are owed. The characters seem so foreign to our existence, but you can't help seeing our own daily life reflected in bits and peices throughtout the story.

This was such a great novel! It's a pretty disturbing future this guy predicted, and it serves as a warning to our government and it's people.

Read this one in high school - it has stayed with me all this time. Very good - scary and thought provoking.

A must read for everyone.

This book really stretches the imagination about what could happen in our society. It wasn't my favorite book of all time, but I understand why it's such a classic. If I had read it during the time it was written, I would have been scared out of my wits! Happy reading. ;)

Hmmm...turns out he was pretty right...

Excellent read.

Makes you think.

Great book-Orwell really makes the world with Big Brother come alive

"Big Brother," an abstract fear, became a real household presence in the United States. This is the testament to the brilliance of 1984, even in 2009.

This book was an amazing example of what could possibly happen when the government has too much control in our lives. It was well written and very thought provoking.

loved it

Truly a must read.

There is only one thing to say about this book.

Still laboring through this classic, nothing wrong with the book, just not my style of reading, I prefer more true story type books!

My wife demanded that I read this, but I feel overall the story falls flat. In an esoteric way, it neither comes off as a warning of a future to avoid, or the futility of the fate of man.

This is a very interesting story line. I thought it was okay. It is definatly something to think about.

This version has an Afterword by Erich Fromm.

Classic!!

I have not read this book. But according to the back of the book it is "a startingly original and haunting novel that creates an imaginary world that is completely convincing."

Another great book

A classic!

1984 has come and gone, but George Orwell's prophetic, nightmarish vision in 1949 of the world we were becoming is timelier than ever. 1984 is still the great modern classic of "Negative Utopia" - a startingly original and haunting novel that creates an imaginary world that is completely convincing, from the first sentence to the last four words. No one can deny this novel's power, its hold on the imaginations of whole generations, or the power of its admonitions - a power that seems to grow, not lessen, with the passage of time.

The year 1984 has come and gone, but George Orwell's prophetic nightmarish vision in 1949 of the world we are becoming is timelier than ever. Still the great modern classic of "Negative Utopia." My daughter ask me to read this book. With her youthful outlook, I doubted that there would be impressionable insight--however, I was WRONG! This book may be a fictional work, however it now eerily similar to our evolving society of 2006, and even depicts where we will be with rising government involvement in our private lives and small liberties IF WE DO NOT WISE UP and take our civic duties and rights more seriously--less apathetically. It is a MUST READ!

This book has been on my To Read list for years... I never did get around to it!

1984 has come and gone, but George Orwell's prophetic, nightmarish vision in 1949 of the world we were becoming is timelier than ever. 1984 is still the great modern classic of "Negative Utopia"-a startingly original and haunting novel that cfreates an imaginary world that is completely convincing, from the first sentence to the last four words.

classic

WOW I MUST REALLY BE MEANT TO READ THIS. I PICKED THIS BECAUSE MICHAEL CRICHTON SAID THIS IS HIS FAVORITE BOOK. OR ONE OF HIS FAVORITES. WELL, I AM GOING TO START IT TONIGHT, BUT THE SENDER SENT ME NOT ONE BUT TWO OF THESE, SO WHILE I AM READING ONE, I HAVE AN EXTRA ONE TO SEND OUT IF YOU'D LIKE. HECK, WE COULD START OUR OWN BOOK CLUB.

I found this book difficult to read because I knew that at any moment a crushing blow was going to fall on the main character (I hesitate to say hero). Otherwise, Orwell writes well and he kept my attention. I found the Afterword by Erich Fromm, which places 1984 in the context of other dystopian books, an interesting read as well.

Fabulous book. A classic! Everyone should read it.

Fascinating look at how the "future" (circa 1984) might be. ( think Orwell dated his book 20 years too early. Should have been 2004.)

1984 is an intellectual read. Don't pick it up unless you have time to really absorb it. I was amazed at the way that Orwell dug into human nature and exposed a horrifying future. Although this is NOT a horror novel, it may be the scariest book I've read!

One of the best books ever written.

Hopefully futristic society won't come to this!
Great Reading!

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