Since I'd already read 1984, "L" read this on her own. She found it a bit difficult to read...thinks perhaps the "flow" from literature written years ago made it a bit harder to like. When asked if she would recommend it to someone to read, her answer is: "iffy." From my perspective as a writer, I had to read it in order to understand terms such as "Orwellian" or "big brother" - both ideas come out in this book. I liked the book, and would recommend reading it if you haven't already. The idea of being watched throughout our daily lives is something we see in the 21st century, however, English writer George Orwell wrote this in 1948. Note that he transposed the numbers 4 and 8 --- thereby translating the year he wrote it into the title. (48 & 84). It may have a pub date of 1949, but he wrote it in 48...actually writers usually take a year or two to write a book, so he may have began in 47.
As for Brave New World, L is reading this on her own. Aldous Huxley was also an English writer (like Orwell) who wrote a dystopian novel. This book was written in 1931 and pubbed in 1932. L feels that reading two dystopian novels back-to-back is detracting a bit from liking it as much as she might otherwise. She likes it though...and so I might read this one later. So many books, so little time! lol
Comment from L: This was a difficult read. She finished the book mainly because she kept hoping it would get better. It didn't. It was an 8 hour audio book, thus not a huge commitment.
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