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I loved it! So wild. I'm in awe that George Orwell was able to create this world and then add layer upon layer... and it all made sense while horrifying and entertaining.
The first two parts were so good and then the third part I read the whole thing aloud to Jed and couldn't stop because it was so brutal.
My favorite part was when Winston was talking to the guy working on Newspeak and how/why they were deleting words. So many good lines in this book, on the Kindle you can see where people highlight of thousands of them do..beyond that there were a lot of, "oh damn I gotta read that again and again because it's perfect".
5/5 telescreens

Truncheons- a short, thick stick carried as a weapon by a police officer.
Prole - a member of the working class; a worker.
Gamboling - to run or jump about playfully.
Dace - a small freshwater fish of the minnow family, typically living in running water
Palimpsest - something reused or altered but still bearing visible traces of its earlier form.
Philologist - is the study of language in oral and written historical sources
Pannikin - a small metal drinking cup.
Saccharine - relating to or containing sugar; sugary.
Aquiline - like an eagle.
Sinecures - a position requiring little or no work but giving the holder status or financial benefit.
Febrile - having or showing the symptoms of a fever.
Persiflage - light and slightly contemptuous mockery or banter.
Fecundity - the ability to produce an abundance of offspring or new growth; fertility.
Spurious - not being what it purports to be; false or fake.
Inimical - tending to obstruct or harm.
Torpid - mentally or physically inactive; lethargic.
Baize - a coarse, typically green woolen material resembling felt, used for covering billiard and card tables.

lethanibooks's review against another edition

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5.0

De momento solo digo que se convierte en mi libro favorito, pero haré una review mucho más extensa en unos días.

yashirolevi's review against another edition

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challenging dark informative reflective tense medium-paced

4.5

still enjoyed this quite a bit after so many years! so much fun to discuss with the younger generation, too (this makes me feel like i am seventy six years old).

vee615's review against another edition

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2.0

Great message, terrible book. The beginning got me hooked for the first 75 pages or so and then I just wanted it to be over. This book is broken into three parts that go something like this: Part 1-everything is weird here and this is what our life is like; Part 2- A girl likes me and we have sex as often as we can even though its illegal, also down with Big Brother; Part 3- betrayed and tortured. I felt like I was walking through a bog and was begging for a sinkhole to swallow me up. I am glad I read it for the simple fact that it is prevalent in some aspect to today as well as historically, but I absolutely hated 90% of it and never want to read it again. The End :)

kotroby's review against another edition

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challenging dark hopeful informative inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.75

I think this book should be studied in every school, the message it leaves readers with and fantastically builds throughout the book is extremely important and at the same time the scope of it is hard to digest. I’ll need to have a long think about this book before I can say more. The reason it’s not a 5 star read for me is because i felt the ending was inconclusive and too open for speculation, but I do understand why that is.

maddi919's review against another edition

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dark informative mysterious reflective sad slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

2.0

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