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A review by thebookssmuggler
1984 by George Orwell
challenging
emotional
informative
reflective
sad
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Wow. Just wow. I just finished 1984, and I don’t think I’ll ever recover. This book is devastating, chilling, and incredibly powerful. For a moment, I had hope- but Orwell quickly crushed that. This novel has officially given me trust issues.
1984 perfectly portrays what an authoritarian government can do—how it controls not just people’s actions but their thoughts, their very perception of reality. And yet, for most of the book, there’s this idea that the mind is the one thing they can’t control… until. That’s what makes it so terrifying. This isn’t just a story; it’s a warning. And what’s scarier is that Orwell’s dystopia doesn’t feel far-fetched—it feels uncomfortably close to reality.
It’s ironic that 1984 is banned in some places (including the U.S.), considering how much it criticizes censorship and state control. This is a book that everyone should read—not as inspiration, and definitely not as an instruction manual, but as a dire warning of what could happen if we let it.
1984 perfectly portrays what an authoritarian government can do—how it controls not just people’s actions but their thoughts, their very perception of reality. And yet, for most of the book, there’s this idea that the mind is the one thing they can’t control… until. That’s what makes it so terrifying. This isn’t just a story; it’s a warning. And what’s scarier is that Orwell’s dystopia doesn’t feel far-fetched—it feels uncomfortably close to reality.
It’s ironic that 1984 is banned in some places (including the U.S.), considering how much it criticizes censorship and state control. This is a book that everyone should read—not as inspiration, and definitely not as an instruction manual, but as a dire warning of what could happen if we let it.