A review by shelbisreading
1984 by George Orwell

dark reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

I found 1984 to be a powerful and unsettling look at a dystopian future, eerily relevant to today. However, my enjoyment of the story was disrupted by Winston's line to Julia: 'I wanted to rape you and then murder you.”

Regardless of when this was written, that line felt jarring and deeply off-putting. That aside, Orwell's novel serves as a haunting warning about authoritarian control, propaganda, and the erasure of truth. It's left me motivated to preserve and protect the aspects of our culture that are being threatened this very moment.