I think I finally have solidified what I don't like about George Orwell's 1984.
It is that it sort of hits, for me, the uncanny valley of world setting.
Where it tries so hard to be believable that I have to take it seriously, but not believable enough that I can accept it as logical under the premise of real life.
Mind you what made me stop saying that George Orwell was overrated was because when I looked into things... many of the things he wrote into the book at the time were things we didn't know yet... AND that George Orwell himself would later state were kind of mistaken (which honestly any writer who can say "yeah this thing I believed in... is kind of not factual" gets instant props).
As well how much it is "it could actually happen" is more how schooling constantly forced the book in my face to mean non-stop. I honestly do wonder if the original intent of the book was supposed to be anywhere near "it could actually happen" levels, or if the relatable aspects was supposed to make us reflect on these elements... or if he was just trying to make an interesting book. So had I organically came across the book, instead of given the "Hey class, let us discuss about how the stuff in the book could happen, and how it is happening right now" speech, I might like it even now.
Mind you I find 1984 boring since it is essentially setting porn where the plot that is thrown in seems to be more of an excuse to explore the setting (thus the REAL story is of the society, and the subplot is whatever it is that the main character is doing)... but it is an appreciable tedium.
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So all in all 1984 is a good book that I just don't like... and I just needed to get this out of my way to move past it.