A review by readivine
1984 by George Orwell

4.0

“Power is in tearing human minds to pieces and putting them together again in new shapes of your own choosing.”

This was surprisingly very easy to read; I had expected that the language would be inaccessible but it wasn't. I'm a bit wary of reviewing a well-reviewed classic but I now understand why 1984 is highly acclaimed. The themes skirted from excessive surveillance, brain washing, censorship, and many more. But what struck me the most was how language is the greatest tool that the Party wielded to destroy the autonomy of the people. This is a simple story with caricatures that makes it all the more eerie yet plausible.