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Average rating4.2
An awesome critic of society.
Orwel is an awesome writer for social critics and 1984 is no exception. We are set in a world where the government has a absolute power over the life's of the people. With power over the media and even language.
The book is divided into 3 parts.
The first is an exposition where we are presented this government and all its power over day to day life from the view point of an insider.
The second one is the story on it self. Heavily inspired by romeo and Juliet and the concept of prohibited love.
And the last part is a reflexion about the consequences of such a government. It is a very scary part, primarily because it is a very plausible state. This is personally my favorite part since it got me thinking, something not many books have accomplished...
All in all it is an awesome book. But it does not get a perfect score because some chapters are too long and may turn some readers down. Don't be scared of the long chapters, it is worth.