1984

Again, I continue to vastly prefer vintage dystopian literature to the modern stuff. 1984 is a revealing jaunt through an unsettlingly accurate caricature of our own society right down to the subtle survalence of each of our daily activities. The book speaks to the horror of our own supposed modernist idea of community. But my personal favorite element of this magnification is the addition of big brother, who is subliminally watching everyone in the city and who's ambiguous image is strewn onto the walls and buildings. There are many subliminal images and messages in real society, and big brother just magnifies it. That said, the book does seem to loose some momentum for me towards the middle, but the romance is very believable and in a great way, average. there are also some very slow chapters there. `Take it or leave it, but there's definitely something here.