I wrote a post earlier about the best things about the book 1984. Well, on the flip side of that, there are some not so good things about it. Even though I'm not too terribly far into it (still), I'm starting to notice some things that are kind of bothering me.
First of all, there are some pretty sketchy things that happen in this book. First of all, women are all stereotyped as being haughty and uptight. They all want the exact same things in life, and there really is no difference between any of them (except appearance). But, that isn't really all that sketchy... The REALLY sketchy things is- Wait... How do I put it... Well, I really didn't think this through, but all you need to know is that there are some *cough* *cough* inappropriate and illegal things that Winston does that just makes you cringe and barf in your mouth a little. You're all probably like, "I wanna know what it is! I wanna know what it is!" Well... Just read the book, ok? Or look it up. Google probably has the answer.
Anyways, the second thing that's not so great about this book is there are two INCREDIBLY long paragraphs of pure text (no dialogue) on each page for five pages; at least. It's almost painful to read through. I just look at the pages and groan, because I know a lot of stuff is going to be explained, but my brain will just be focused on the fact that there is still no dialogue, instead of digesting the important facts. I feel like dialogue is a crucial part of any story, and without it, you feel like something's completely missing. In my opinion, characters' interactions with one another tells the story all in itself.
Don't get me wrong, I still love this book overall, but seriously, can't there be just a smidge of dialogue every now and then?
I can relate to hating when authors leave out dialogue and eliminate empty space for pages on end. It's hard to force yourself to read page after page, while you really just want to skip onto the more interesting parts
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