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A review by wesleylebakken
1984 by George Orwell
1.0
sending hate from 2024
i understand that classics should be venerated and all that crap, but this book just big ole dookie to me. the pacing was so slow and it felt like there were only like four events and the rest of the book was just filler anti-propaganda poppycock. i can appreciate what the message of the book is, but i don’t feel like it’s that akin to the world today apart from the aspect of constant surveillance, and even that feels quite conspiracy-y.
and plus, every time i managed to get into the story, there was an unending soliloquy or explanation of the political landscape that was boring beyond belief and i started hating myself again.
a little sad that i didn’t enjoy the book like i expected to, but maybe classics aren’t for me
i understand that classics should be venerated and all that crap, but this book just big ole dookie to me. the pacing was so slow and it felt like there were only like four events and the rest of the book was just filler anti-propaganda poppycock. i can appreciate what the message of the book is, but i don’t feel like it’s that akin to the world today apart from the aspect of constant surveillance, and even that feels quite conspiracy-y.
and plus, every time i managed to get into the story, there was an unending soliloquy or explanation of the political landscape that was boring beyond belief and i started hating myself again.
a little sad that i didn’t enjoy the book like i expected to, but maybe classics aren’t for me