36.9k reviews for:

Animal Farm

3.92 AVERAGE

den_den's review against another edition

5.0

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the slow realization that nothing ever truly changed is what killed me. this book was so crazy I love it. The way it still holds up now is crazy.

deadstrange's review against another edition

3.0

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Read the book with my kids in a single afternoon, and then watched the terrible TV movie (I don't recc the movie at all). The kids really liked it and so did I. We'd stop at the end of each chapter to recap and make sure everyone knew what was going on.

noahgorm24's review against another edition

4.75

challenging dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

haileyprice's review against another edition

4.5

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I read this in high school and remember really liking it. I vaguely remembered the plot and I thought the social/political commentary was very interesting. After rereading this (in America) in 2025, it is certainly a MUCH more disturbing read. Still well written nonetheless. I hope high schools and still reading and talking about this book. Even though it probably would go over a LOT of heads unfortunately. 

caulittleworld's review against another edition

3.5

reflective fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: N/A

Loveable characters: N/A

Diverse cast of characters: N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus: N/A

oona6's review against another edition

3.5

lighthearted reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

stevemaycock's review against another edition

4.0

dark 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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 The "childrens story" tone and using animals is a brilliant writing method for this extremely dark and unsettling and haunting allegory to (and history of) very real political systems and class discussions in our own world.
"All animals are equal but some animals are more equal than others"

cniesse's review against another edition

4.0

challenging dark reflective tense medium-paced

temis098's review against another edition

dark reflective fast-paced

reading_robdog's review against another edition

4.0

challenging 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: Complicated