Reviews tagging 'Animal death'

Animal Farm by George Orwell

580 reviews

pottedplantlover's review against another edition

4.75

dark inspiring reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Ich fand’s ganz toll. Meine Empfehlung auf jeden Fall. Kein Riesenspoiler weil es geht nur um so thematisches, nichts konkret inhaltliches aber:

ich finde man findet da ganz viel über Hufeisenprinzip, und Warnungen vor Extremismus. Außerdem dass selber denken wichtig ist und man nicht alles glauben sollte was man hört oder liest. Die Übertragung von Gesellschaftsproblemen auf Tiere fand ich super interessant, auch mit so klügeren und weniger klugen Tieren.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Violence

Moderate: Gun violence, Gaslighting

Minor: Suicide

vulture62's review against another edition

4.0

dark informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood

oagreads's review against another edition

3.25

dark reflective fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death

katieplanet's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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I "read" Animal Farm through a dramatized audio book by Steve Parker, which I highly recommend to anyone interested. It can be found free on YouTube here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3oKznTu2hkE&pp=ygUbYW5pbWFsIGZhcm0gbm9TRlggYXVkaW9ib29r

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A satire on the corruption of communism, Animal Farm parodies real events in communist history such as the rise of Stalin and the original hopes and dreams of the communist ideal. Through corruption, manipulation, greed, and violence, Animal Farm's once perfect communist ideal is transformed into a dictatorship that leaves them worse off than before.

In reading Animal Farm, many misinterpret Orwell's novel, reading it as either a critique to communism or the inevitability of greed. Although Orwell touches on these points, I believe Orwell has greater message in Animal Farm, a warning that can be in 1984 as well.  Orwell's true message is not to fear the oppressor, but to fear becoming a population that can be easily oppressed.  

Orwell's work may hold the belief that greed and corruption are an inevitability, but the true danger lies in the passive, cowardly, and uninformed population which chooses to let is flourish. It is when we fail to take action against our oppressors, fail to bravely speak our minds against the masses, and let fear control our actions that we become a controllable population ripe for manipulation. Orwell warns us of the danger of, "Letting the beast grow" until one day it grows far too big for us oppose. Even worse, far too big to even see it for what it truly is.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Violence, Murder

Minor: Alcoholism

nickym9157's review against another edition

4.5

dark funny informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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An absolutely stellar read. Although written as a criticism of Stalin's Russia, many themes and ideas from it still hold strong today. Even disregarding political messaging, the story is simply gripping; Animal Farm is an amazing read. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Animal death, Violence

riahlex's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Brilliant. Should be experienced by everyone at least once. Incredibly disturbing but important. I’ve read it twice now and it is truly an experience

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Classism

frondelka's review against another edition

4.5

dark reflective tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Gun violence, Slavery, Violence, Grief, Gaslighting, Classism

Moderate: Alcoholism, Alcohol

Minor: Blood

tay_tay's review against another edition

5.0

dark fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Violence, War

a_random_fangirl's review against another edition

5.0

challenging informative reflective fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Gore, Blood, Police brutality, Murder, Alcohol, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

nebulscatters's review against another edition

4.5

dark tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: N/A

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Classism

Moderate: Slavery, Violence, War

Minor: Alcohol