Reviews tagging 'Murder'

Animal Farm by George Orwell

154 reviews

mariasaragoca's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad 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

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“TODOS OS ANIMAIS SÃO IGUAIS, MAS ALGUNS SÃO MAIS IGUAIS DO QUE OUTROS”

mano este livro é incrível

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Police brutality, Gaslighting, Classism

Moderate: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Eating disorder, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Police brutality, Grief, Murder, Alcohol, Deportation

Minor: Confinement, Suicide, Trafficking, Cannibalism

chrysanthemum17's review against another edition

4.75

dark reflective tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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This book was incredible. I think everyone should read this book, especially with what’s going on in the US right now and the fact that it was “banned”

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Murder, Gaslighting

Moderate: Death, Emotional abuse, Alcohol

Minor: Violence, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

natalie_jnm's review against another edition

4.75

challenging dark emotional informative 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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Violence, Murder, Gaslighting

Moderate: Physical abuse, Slavery, Alcohol, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

Minor: Police brutality

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

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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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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Blood, Murder, Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Bullying, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Classism

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

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Violence, Classism

Moderate: Slavery, Blood, Alcohol

Minor: Gun violence, Racism, Suicide, Police brutality, Cannibalism, Murder, Injury/Injury detail

Lots of sensitive content but worth the read. Important message.

sarah_280's review against another edition

4.75

challenging reflective tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

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, Death, Gun violence, Torture, Forced institutionalization, Murder, Gaslighting, Alcohol

jonssweater's review against another edition

5.0

dark informative reflective tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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It’s beyond astounding and terrifying just how prescient this novella is today as it was eighty years ago when it was first published. Time is a flat circle apparently. So depressingly accurate to the nature of governing authority.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Slavery, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Murder, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

Moderate: Alcoholism, Fatphobia

ziaxx's review against another edition

4.5

informative inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Gun violence, Slavery, Blood, Murder, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

book_lover_555's review against another edition

2.0

sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: N/A

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Murder, Alcohol

lizii1604's review against another edition

3.75

dark emotional mysterious sad 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: No

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Slavery, Gaslighting

Moderate: Alcoholism, Violence, Murder

Minor: Gun violence

The story line reminded me very much of 1984. It was a fast read & I quite enjoyed the pacing. I hoped so much that the animals would flee or that the pigs would learn their lesson in some way.