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An unnecessary book

This novel is supposed to give a female perspective on the dystopian reality of 1984 as seen by Julia, the lover of Winston Smith. In the first part of the novel, it does so. But it falls far short of 1984. There are no discussions of ideas as in the original. Most importantly, the Party is shown to be weak; the horror of 1984 was that there were no real opponents of the party and no chance of it losing power. Julia will sell copies to people who were impressed by the original. It is only an imitation and not a good one.