1984 by George OrwellMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
An extreme take on a totalitarian state, where one does not have the possession of one's own mind.
Heartbreaking betrayal and the final surrender, what touched me was the way the mind was made to obey, unthink, and deny reality. This is what torture does perhaps. Is it really possible to break a man's spirit in so irretrievable fashion? It must be. I could feel the hopeless terror of Winston when he faced torture, the bliss of his days with Julia and the fear that thinking logically might mean that one is insane.
Most poignant part was when they lost one another. No connect. Nothing there. No feelings.
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