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A review by magserita
1984 by George Orwell
3.0
After hearing about this book for the majority of life, my expectations were quite high. I found the underlying themes of censorship, totalitarianism, and loss of individuality fascinating. But the entire time I was reading it, I was hoping for less of a long-winded diatribe that acted as the world-building and more actual plot.
It was too heavy-handed for my tastes, and I expected something more subtly terrifying going in. I do appreciate how accessible the story is and hope high schoolers still need to read it to understand how propaganda is created and how easily it is to rewrite history by those in power.
I think there are better cautionary dystopian tales out there, but I'm happy to finally get the root of the pop-culture references like Big Brother, newspeak, and doublethink!
Overall, I'm glad I finally read it and now will cleanse my pallete with something less grim :)
It was too heavy-handed for my tastes, and I expected something more subtly terrifying going in. I do appreciate how accessible the story is and hope high schoolers still need to read it to understand how propaganda is created and how easily it is to rewrite history by those in power.
I think there are better cautionary dystopian tales out there, but I'm happy to finally get the root of the pop-culture references like Big Brother, newspeak, and doublethink!
Overall, I'm glad I finally read it and now will cleanse my pallete with something less grim :)