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1984/Julia

1984 by George Orwell

Julia by Sandra Newman

November 22, 2023 by ElCicco Leave a Comment

Over the years I have read 1984 maybe half a dozen times, always for class-related assignments when I was a student or when I was a teacher. It has probably been over 20 years since my last re-read, and I’m glad I picked it up again before reading Sandra Newman’s Julia, a take on 1984 from the point of view of Winston Smith’s lover. I have always found 1984 to be a challenging read; dystopian fiction is unsettling and the end of 1984 is tragic. […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: 1984, CBR15, dystopian fiction, ElCicco, Fiction, George Orwell, Julia, sandra newman

ElCicco's CBR15 Review No:62 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: 1984, CBR15, dystopian fiction, ElCicco, Fiction, George Orwell, Julia, sandra newman ·
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On the bright side, no old people means they don’t have to read think pieces in The Atlantic about their generation ruining the world

December 31, 2016 by yesknopemaybe Leave a Comment

This was definitely one of the strangest books I read in 2017. I think it might fall into the admired but unloved category. Sandra Newman clearly put a lot of work into creating this novel, it just didn’t quite resonate with me. That doesn’t mean it didn’t impact me though. I thought about this book for weeks afterwards, trying to puzzle out how I felt about it. The story takes place in some future where most of the population of America has died off and […]

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yesknopemaybe's CBR8 Review No:78 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: dystopia, Fiction, sandra newman, the country of ice cream star ·
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