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A review by wiggl3s
Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
This is one of those books that you finish and think “nothing really happened did it?” Until later.
It’s a classic for a reason. You’ll be sitting minding your own business days later and suddenly this book will pop into your head. A quote or an image or an idea will appear in your daily life and you’ll realise just how ahead of its time this book really was.
The book is about the messages within it rather than the story. It is about both the subtle and glaringly obvious ways humans can be conditioned to believe whatever someone wants if they have the resources. I think this book will stay with me for a while.
Life really does imitate art.
It’s a classic for a reason. You’ll be sitting minding your own business days later and suddenly this book will pop into your head. A quote or an image or an idea will appear in your daily life and you’ll realise just how ahead of its time this book really was.
The book is about the messages within it rather than the story. It is about both the subtle and glaringly obvious ways humans can be conditioned to believe whatever someone wants if they have the resources. I think this book will stay with me for a while.
Life really does imitate art.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Forced institutionalization, Torture, and Religious bigotry
Minor: War