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Animal Farm by George Orwell

578 reviews

shayke's review against another edition

4.0

dark emotional informative mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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rebekahbroadwaygirl's review against another edition

4.5

dark reflective fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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konstantina's review against another edition

4.75

dark fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

Read translated in Greek

One of my favorite European classic books. The allegory between the animals and the leaders/citizens of the Russian Revolution and, then, the Soviet Union is obvious, and yet it can beautifully stand as a children's fairytale with great messaging. Often misunderstood by both right and left wingers, it will always remain as an important creation of a deeply socialist author who shared a small hope for humanity's future.

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riverthelazywriter's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark emotional informative reflective tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Simple writing style and it gets the point across well. :) The first classic I read that is not assigned by the teacher. Really, really liked it. If anyone doesn’t like classics because of its flowery writing, this is the book for them. ALSO history nerds, please read—especially if you’re interested in the Cold War and differing ideologies. The allegory is awesome.

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mony_12's review against another edition

5.0

dark informative 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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middaytryst's review against another edition

4.25

challenging dark reflective tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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good_names_dont_exist's review against another edition

5.0

reflective tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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drew_davis's review against another edition

3.5

challenging dark reflective sad tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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agtw's review against another edition

3.5

dark informative reflective sad fast-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

Serving as the benchmark for modern allegorical literature, there's a unique admiration to be found in Orwell's dense packing of themes in such a short span, this novella being a tick over 100 pages.

There is breadth and depth enough to serve literature analysts and schoolchildren alike: I read this first in school at the age of around 12. I feel its cohesivity is largely lost if read over a week or more, as it tends to be read in an educational setting. I did suspect that reading this over two days would make this far more appealing than my 12-year-old self found it, what with being 'forced' to read it. And indeed it was.

Yes, it's an allegory for the Russian Revolution, but you'd take a narrow view to say that it mirrors it entirely. Animal Farm is the watered-down, bare bones reality of the false promises of all political systems. A 100-page prophecy that, whatever the outcome of the unfolding Cold War, the rich and powerful stay at the top. The workers' state an afterthought.

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erinbattenfield's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark informative reflective tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Everyone should read this book, or at least the spark notes of this book.

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