Reviews tagging 'War'

Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell

278 reviews

princess_marie's review against another edition

challenging tense slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Forced institutionalization, Injury/Injury detail, War, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Blood, Torture, Death, and Alcohol

clairebau's review against another edition

dark tense slow-paced

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

2.5

This was only a little bit of a chore to get through. I get that it was like, the big thing for its time, but I couldn't get past the messy, disjointed storytelling, the weak attempts at symbolism, and the unlikeable characters. God, the unlikeable characters! Though I will grant them the fact that their god-awful personalities are a result of their surroundings. Julia's only personality trait is being not-like-other-girls. Martyr Winston admits a rape fantasy in the first 20 pages of the book, so I stopped sympathizing with him pretty much immediately.

This book just feels all over the place in a few ways, especially in its pacing. It didn't feel well-rounded or expertly crafted, more like Orwell had a bunch of ideas he slapped together for an excuse to publish twenty pages of grandstanding right in the middle. Yawn.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Classism, Death, Physical abuse, Torture, Alcohol, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Sexual assault and War

Minor: Rape

aj9moon's review against another edition

challenging dark medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement and Torture

Moderate: War

fallandfox's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

Esta é a segunda releitura deste clássico e, às vezes, sinto-me com a sensação de estar aprofundando minha compreensão.

Nessa segunda resenha vou me concentrar mas em comentar sobre a edição, assim como minha nota também foi para ela, por já fazer ano passado a resenha da história.

A edição é muito bonita, cheia de imagens nos finais dos capítulos e troca de partes (elas têm um aspecto de colagem modernista), a única coisa que me incomodada foi o fato de terem sido colocados na mesma pagina o original e a tradução, ficou muito apertado e me deixou cansada. Isso foi feito para provavelmente aumentar o número de páginas, mas prejudicou minha leitura.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Torture, and War

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Rape, and Murder

rochelleisreading's review against another edition

dark informative slow-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Misogyny, and Body shaming

Moderate: War and Sexual content

Minor: Rape

shlymiller's review against another edition

challenging dark sad slow-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture and Gaslighting

Minor: Sexual content and War

cursed_hal's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, Misogyny, and Torture

Moderate: Gun violence, War, Sexism, and Death

Minor: Child death and Colonisation

elliotcarlisle's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gore, Classism, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Colonisation, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Torture, Body horror, Violence, and War

Minor: War, Suicide, Slavery, Racial slurs, Police brutality, Physical abuse, Forced institutionalization, Body horror, Colonisation, Classism, Alcohol, Blood, Torture, Murder, Mental illness, Gore, Hate crime, Gaslighting, Vomit, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, Cursing, Confinement, and Death

dobbyssocks421's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Torture, Forced institutionalization, War, Kidnapping, Xenophobia, and Gaslighting

yusufmohi's review against another edition

dark sad tense slow-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

4.0

After i finished a  dark, surrealistic, gloomy, confusing emotional book known as Kafka on the shore. All i need a break to get out from that Kafka and his world... So i choose randomly sci-fi classic Orwell's 1984 i know nothing aboht this book... I just thought it will be adventurous coz it's an dystopian sci-fi.. But i was Dead wrong...it's like "Thief is released from the prison but arrested again"...right from the beginning this novel is challenging for me, a total nightmare until it's very end.
Kindly know about your novel before you read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Torture, Slavery, War, and Physical abuse