An absolutely hopeless book. It's divided into 3 parts where part 1 describes everyday life and part 2 the "rebellion" and the society's basics. And whenever you have a gleam of hope this society can't exist you will be proven wrong in part 3. When Winston Smith "learns" that 2 2 might just be 5 I had to slow down reading because the targets and the tenacity with...
more An absolutely hopeless book. It's divided into 3 parts where part 1 describes everyday life and part 2 the "rebellion" and the society's basics. And whenever you have a gleam of hope this society can't exist you will be proven wrong in part 3. When Winston Smith "learns" that 2 2 might just be 5 I had to slow down reading because the targets and the tenacity with which the party pursues those targets were hard to bear - I began to realize that such a society is not made up out of thin air but might very well exist.
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