Title: Nineteen Eighty-Four
Author: George Orwell
Rating: 4/5 stars
Synopsis: Newspeak,
Doublethink, Big Brother, the Thought Police - the language of 1984 has
passed into the English language as a symbol of the horrors of
totalitarianism. George Orwell's story of Winston Smith's fight against
the all-prevading Party has become a classic not the least because of
its intellectual coherence.
My thoughts: This
was a shocking read. Merely to imagine a world without free thoughts is
terrifying for me. When I was reading the book, at some parts my mind
shouted: wrong wrONG WRONG, because the lack of privacy in the described
society hit me so hard every time. The novel is a masterpiece, I cannot
deny that, regardless how its mind-paralyzing ideologies made me feel. I
definitely recommend it to those who enjoy dystopian novels (although
if you’d like to avoid reading graphic torture scenes I suggest you pick
up something else).
