1984
Author: George Orwell
Genre: Dystopian Fiction
Released: 08 June 1949
Rating:
Winston Smith lives in Oceania, a totalitarian superstate where the ruling Party controls every aspect of life through surveillance, propaganda, and the constant rewriting of history. When Winston begins a forbidden love affair and makes contact with what he believes is the resistance, the consequences are severe. Orwell's masterpiece of political dystopia remains one of the most prescient and haunting novels ever written.
1984 has been on my "to read" list for years, but I've never actually taken the time to read it, until now.
Overall it was pretty good. I didn't think it read like a book that's 75 years old, which is a credit to how forward thinking Orwell was. I would have given it more stars, but I felt the story focussed on Winston and Julia's love affair too much.
I get it, that's what the book was about - how they were "sticking it to the man" by having the relationship, but I personally would have preferred the story to focus more on the strict dystopian society that they found themselves in, and more of the nuance it contained.
Either way, a good read and I'm glad I finally read it.
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