Kate D. (usuallee) reviewed on 1/12/2010 + 8 more book reviews

I finally got around to reading this dystopian classic, and was pretty satisfied. It may not have lived up to my lofty expectations, but it was still a very good book. Its main strength is in the portrayal of a society that is so oppressive that you can't even breathe without "them", i.e. Big Brother, knowing about it. At times this book was extremely compelling, sometimes not so much. But it is worthy of its "classic" status, and most of the book has held up pretty well and does not seem too dated for being 60 years old.

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