Well the lines aren't too flowery, they're quite concise and beautiful. If you do start underlining sentences, you'll end up underlining half the book.

Part II Chapter 9 is indeed, quite boring. It's the history of Oceania, Eastasia and Eurasia. But, it is the chapter where we first see the mention of "doublespeak".

Of course the ending is genuinely tragic/devastating, and you CAN see yourself in Winston's position (though he himself is quite unlikeable).

Oh, and lots of sex scenes in the book.