Catch-22 by Joseph Heller
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

There was a lot that I loved in this book, the awesome characterization, insanely funny conversations, bizarre situations... but having said that there are parts/conversations which were really too weird for my taste. maybe I need to read this book once more to fully appreciate/understand it, since the story is so much layered with major happenings being touched upon in first 100 pages and then their description being given layer by layer in further pages. This technique though most of the times left me in awe but in the end I feel that i should and would go through the book at least once more.


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1984 by George Orwell
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

The best thing according to me about 1984 is that it is never superficial in its dealings. The totalitarian regime is elucidated perfectly. The characters portrayed are very clear and the sense of fear is pervasive throughout the book.
Like an Issac Asimov book, entirely a new world is created and described and as true of every classic you cannot help but hang on to every word in the book.

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