I last read 1984 (as I think most readers have) back in high school. But I still remember the culminating scenes and last line of the novel. Reading it now, I'm struck by how much of it is composed of political and sociological philosophy (as that is essentially what the subject matter of the second and third parts are composed). The dense, dry ideas were a bit of a slog for me, but they really explained what the rules were in Orwell's dystopian society. And of course his (Orwell's) perspicacity and accuracy of his observations about modern society are frequently in evidence. While I did not love it, I certainly liked it and thought it a very worthwhile read.