Reviews tagging 'Slavery'

Animal Farm by George Orwell

128 reviews

emmagreenwood's review against another edition

challenging dark tense fast-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Murder, Gaslighting, Alcohol, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

romehsaur's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective fast-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery, Blood, and Gaslighting

shayh's review

adventurous dark emotional inspiring reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.75

One of the rare times I'll read a fast paced book and enjoy it, especially one that contains animal death. 

This reminded me of Lord of the Flies, which was also close to a 5 star for me. Both focus on societies and flaws within them. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism and Animal death

Minor: Animal cruelty, Slavery, and Violence

areadingstan's review against another edition

dark reflective fast-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: Animal death, Death, and Slavery

alessiareads's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

3.5

I loved how this book perfectly described a whole history lesson with some pigs and horses. It’s really freakin’ genius. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Slavery, and Violence

Moderate: Death and Gaslighting

Minor: Alcoholism, Suicide, and Alcohol

mbichaela's review against another edition

fast-paced

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

3.5

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first, i didn't like this book. now, as i was forced to annotate it i created some kind of bond to it and enjoyed seeing the parallels to the real world. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

Moderate: Slavery and Gaslighting

myriam_almonti's review against another edition

informative reflective sad fast-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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Racial slurs, Slavery, Suicide, Violence, Police brutality, Suicide attempt, Murder, and Classism

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Mass/school shootings, Murder, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

popando's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark tense fast-paced

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

3.75

A classic read offering a different perspective on modern issues of class & capitalism despite being published in 1945, a bit of a difficult book but is a must-read lovers of modern-society criticism, classics, or just people searching for an alternative viewpoint. Very short (~100 pages) and very fast paced. It did make me cry when

Boxer (the horse) gets turned into glue

but that's only because I'm vegetarian and an emotional wreck. You really get invested in the characters, including the ones you love and ones you despite.

I highly recommend, everybody should read this at least once. <3

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Violence

Moderate: Slavery and Gaslighting

Minor: War

They're all animals so any animal cruelty/death can really be counted as regular cruelty/death.

poppychallinor's review against another edition

dark reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty and Animal death

Moderate: Slavery and Violence

kashby's review against another edition

informative fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Gore, Gun violence, Slavery, Violence, Murder, and Alcohol

Minor: Death, Fatphobia, and Cannibalism