Which book should I choose?

[IndefatigableLover]

So I just received my subject selections and interesting enough, this year I'm allowed to pick which books for English we analyse. We're doing Macbeth and one book of from these three choices above. Looking up the plot doesn't really help either lol.
If you guys have read any of the books could you give me some insight to the novel(s)?

Thanks a bunch!
 

[nisha]

George Orwell is the bomb:)

[Jenny_2108]

I just read GUAIA which consists of short stories and talks about identity & belonging like your parents are Asian but you were born in Australia etc
Haven't read others though

[pyro-53]

I did read the Curious and Growing Up but not for class. Sorry

[pi]

If you choose Nineteen Eighty-Four (note: IT IS NOT "1984"), don't watch the film. Scars for life.

[brenden]

To clarify, you can choose only one and this is for Text response?

[jimmy22]

Did Curious incident of the dog in the night-time last year for class and it was amazing!
Highly recommend it.

[IndefatigableLover]

To clarify, you can choose only one and this is for Text response?

Yes you can only choose one of three choices and I actually have no idea if it is a text response or not. They haven't really specified anything other than it's some 'Literature Circle' thing and that it's compulsory to pick one :S

[Lasercookie]

Nineteen Eighty-Four and The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time are both great books. I can't choose which one I'd prefer, so I'm not going to vote.

If you want to read a classic-ish kind of text I'd pick 1984. 1984 is probably one of those books that will blow your mind and make you think about things a bit differently. There is a lot of depth to this book too, so heaps and heaps of material to analyse.

If you want to read something a bit newer pick Curious Incident. It'd rank up there with some of my favourite books. It's about this autistic boy Chris basically trying to deal with his family problems. That probably doesn't sound that fascinating but the main character is very interesting and the book is packed with a good sense of humour.

When do you have to pick this by? If it's before the start of next year, honestly I'd just read both and take your pick. Otherwise, just take a look at the excerpts:

http://books.google.com.au/books?id=mZbVwG8f1ucC&printsec=frontcover
http://books.google.com.au/books?id=w-rb62wiFAwC&printsec=frontcover

edit: sorry gave the wrong link, i accidentally linked the play version of Curious Incident

[charmanderp]

1984 for mine. And I agree wholeheartedly with pi, watching the film was one of the worst things to ever happen to me.

[nisha]

To pick a Text Response, I would pick Nineteen-eighty-four
However if you have to pick a book purely to pick our ideas and make your own piece (similar to context) choose GUAIA.

[IndefatigableLover]

Nineteen Eighty-Four and The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time are both great books. I can't choose which one I'd prefer, so I'm not going to vote.

If you want to read a classic-ish kind of text I'd pick 1984. 1984 is probably one of those books that will blow your mind and make you think about things a bit differently. There is a lot of depth to this book too, so heaps and heaps of material to analyse.

If you want to read something a bit newer pick Curious Incident. It'd rank up there with some of my favourite books. It's about this autistic boy Chris basically trying to deal with his family problems. That probably doesn't sound that fascinating but the main character is very interesting and the book is packed with a good sense of humour.

When do you have to pick this by? If it's before the start of next year, honestly I'd just read both and take your pick. Otherwise, just take a look at the excerpts:

http://books.google.com.au/books?id=mZbVwG8f1ucC&printsec=frontcover
http://books.google.com.au/books?id=w-rb62wiFAwC&printsec=frontcover

edit: sorry gave the wrong link, i accidentally linked the play version of Curious Incident

Just had a scroll down of each excerpt and I feel that Nineteen Eighty-Four is growing onto me. And I have to pick the book by this Friday which is hard to read the books whilst studying for exams as well :S

1984 for mine. And I agree wholeheartedly with pi, watching the film was one of the worst things to ever happen to me.

Wait why is it bad? Just IMDB'd it and it's got an 'alright' rating...couldn't be that bad can it?

[pi]

1984 for mine. And I agree wholeheartedly with pi, watching the film was one of the worst things to ever happen to me.

Wait why is it bad? Just IMDB'd it and it's got an 'alright' rating...couldn't be that bad can it?

Certain scenes are very scarring.

Edit: Changed username for privacy purposes - Phy124

[nisha]

It's morbidly horrifying and scary.

[IndefatigableLover]

It's morbidly horrifying and scary.

So it's sort of like a horror film? o.O