The world-building of this book is done amazingly well. The ministries, the Party, the habits, are all clear and very well defined. Orwell goes as far as creating a new language and a set of rules, that are included in the appendix of the book.

The writing is very descriptive, which helps with the understanding of the scenes and the world rules. It brings down the pace a little bit but in a way that I think makes the reading experience even better, guiding the reader to take in the information in a slower manner.

The characters help shaping the story, with their actions and personalities being used to demonstrate what the system does to people and what could happen to them afterwards. The main character Winston is more interesting than I expected, and I think his thoughts are intricate and fun to accompany.

I was surprised by the style of the writing. I thought this would be a dystopian novel relying only on the fiction to convey the message but turns out there is a lot of textbook-like politics texts included. Therefore, I find it crucial to keep in mind that George Orwell was not formally educated on the subject despite him knowing a lot.

I found a few gaps in the political view that made it difficult for me to understand whether Capitalism was being supported or not. Also, it's quite difficult to trust an author known to have had connections with the CIA. However, I still think the book makes a lot of great points and the critics to totalitarianism are valid and important.

The plot was also surprising to me, not expecting to see a romance included. I'm not sure that was the intention but I couldn't feel the love of Winston for Julia, it felt like he was lusty and liked the concept of her. But I guess in a society like that, this could be considered love.

For most of the book, I was disappointed that a lot of Winston's actions were succeeding in fooling the Thought Police. It felt like things weren't as difficult and rigid as he described but seeing at the end that he was being watched this whole time made me feel a lot better about it.

After he's caught, I like that we see some of the supporting characters being arrested but at the same time it felt a little forced. There should've been only one + O'Brien. The torture scenes are pure gold and watching Winston's thoughts change gradually is both fascinating and terrifying.

Even so, I wish there was more depth to Winston's thoughts, more reluctance to change and more clear change at the end. I also wish the ending wasn't as ambiguous. The way it was written it's quite easy to interpret as Winston being in the wrong the whole time for doubting the Party, which I know isn't true and most people won't think it is, but it still left room for that interpretation.