Reviews tagging 'Death'

Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell

167 reviews

dropout's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.75

Great idea which is still relevant today. Storytelling and characters not very deep or literary. But that just clearly wasn’t the intention of the author. He prioritized the lesson this book is supposed to teach over making it pretty and that is in a way the beauty of the book how raw and ugly it is. The writing style still made it a little hard to get into it and some passages were not very interesting to read. Allover still worth reading and would clearly recommend to every adult.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Torture, and Violence

Moderate: Alcoholism, Alcohol, and Classism

Minor: Chronic illness, Death, Hate crime, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Police brutality, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail

knjelite's review against another edition

challenging dark medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

I am not sure how to accurately describe why or how I loved this book so much especially given the bleak subject matter and even bleaker ending. I think what resonated with me most was O'Brien's description of the purpose of power: not ideological or fanatical or aspirational but just power for power sake. For the torture, defilement, and degradation of others as the end goal. Kind of reframes the current political discourse. Yeah, I don't really have much else to say.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Body shaming, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Torture, Forced institutionalization, Alcohol, and Colonisation

onlylonelystars's review against another edition

challenging dark tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Death, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Torture, Blood, Murder, Gaslighting, and Alcohol

tkivinen's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

A dystopian classic for a reason. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Death, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Police brutality, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Colonisation, and War

Minor: Homophobia, Infertility, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Death of parent

snowpaws's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Torture, Police brutality, Gaslighting, Alcohol, and Classism

seapotatohowisitalrtaken's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Infidelity, Misogyny, Torture, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Body horror, Infertility, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Stalking, Murder, and War

Minor: Rape, Sexual content, and Medical content

yzer2468's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Police brutality, Kidnapping, Murder, and War

Moderate: Body horror and Blood

Minor: Abandonment

viviankeithley's review against another edition

dark informative mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Kidnapping, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Death, Blood, Vomit, Death of parent, War, and Classism

Minor: Cursing, Sexual content, Excrement, and Murder

imaginefishes's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

Terrifying to read and realise some of the parallels between this world and ours in Singapore

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Forced institutionalization, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Death, Xenophobia, Death of parent, Murder, and War

Minor: Sexual content

ari_oreo's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

ow. My brain. It’s broken

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Death, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Police brutality, Kidnapping, Gaslighting, and Classism

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Body shaming, Child death, Chronic illness, Cursing, Emotional abuse, and Antisemitism