1984 George Orwell

[Hollock]

a bit off topic but since you mention Orwell. I just had an argument with two of my friends about him. One of them thought Orson Wells was George Orwell, and the other thought H.G Wells was George Orwell, it was a bit of a struggle to get to the holy wiki to show them the truth, but ... oh, yeah we're circling the bowl. 80s dug out the hole 90s kinda filled the water, and now we're fluckshed. What was I talking about again? Oh yeah wikipedia is the only thing my chums listen too...........buh...

 

[Jekken6]

1984 kinda scared me. It's incredibly depressing and at some points incredibly uncomfortable. The 'Two Minutes Hate' actually made me feel physically sick.

It's a great book, the ending pissed me off, though. But as others have said, it's meant to make you feel uncomfortable, like 'A Clockwork Orange', but this makes you feel a different kind of uncomfortable.

 

[SquirrelPants]

1984 flows badly, has terrible pacing, and is very melodramatic about expressing its point. While I do agree that we shouldn't let governments get to that point, at the same time I hate it when people take that as definitive truth, "this is going to/has already happened."

Honestly, I prefer Animal Farm. It is a bit more lighthearted and is actually entertaining to read.

Did you read it before or after the year 1984? Reading it before 1984 adds a whole new layer of fear.

I read Animal Farm first. Neither of them particularly scare me, though.

Hahaha, that's completely not what I meant. I asked if you read 1984 before the year 1984.

OH
I read it wrong.
Naw, I'm fifteen.