<p>What is good about 1984? It’s extremely slow and the themes aren’t very revolutionary.</p>
<p>I actually read 1984 my freshman year, and I enjoyed it. I often enjoy books that might be considered “depressing”. You might have a point about it being slow, but I personally didn’t mind it. The reason you don’t think the ideas are original could be that this book and its ideas have become so ubiquitous that many people are familiar with them without ever reading the book. I think that when it was written, it was a lot less like anything else that was around at the time.</p>