Reviews tagging 'Child death'

1984 by George Orwell

37 reviews

iwishihadmoretimetoread's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.0

This book is an amazing work of art and I think it is important for everyone to read it, however it was quite difficult to get through and very difficult emotionally.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Blood, Body horror, Child death, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Vomit, War, Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, and Torture

Minor: Antisemitism

elijah__'s review against another edition

dark tense 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture and Forced institutionalization

Moderate: Racism, Child death, Classism, and Alcohol

elihrus's review

dark reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Torture, Blood, Child death, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Violence, Murder, and Gore

Moderate: Antisemitism, Police brutality, and Sexual content

Minor: Rape, Alcohol, Slavery, and Abandonment

gabriella_'s review

reflective tense medium-paced

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

3.75

why do British dystopians always have a nursery rhyme involved? it takes me out because it’s juvenile in an otherwise pretty heavy story 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Medical trauma, Torture, Body shaming, Confinement, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Child death, War, Kidnapping, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Police brutality, Blood, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Body horror, Chronic illness, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, and Panic attacks/disorders

daybreakreads's review against another edition

dark tense slow-paced

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

1.0

Painfully slow, dull writing. I normally enjoy dystopian novels but this one was just trying too har. Everything was for shock value, which ended up making nothing surprising. I find it ironic that the story involves sending a warning against scaring people into believing your political ideologies, but the author is a socialist and is advocating for socialism. The government claims to be socialist, but at one point it’s revealed it’s not actually socialist, and the only way forward is to become socialist. I don’t care what your political leanings are, there’s blatant hypocrisy by the author in trying to scare people into becoming socialist whilst advocating against scaring people into agreeing with your political opinions.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, and Police brutality

Moderate: Death, Gaslighting, Racial slurs, Alcohol, Classism, Confinement, Death of parent, and Racism

Minor: Sexual content, Vomit, Sexual violence, Child death, Sexual assault, Rape, Sexism, and War

One n word usage

kaymay29's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Classism, Physical abuse, Gaslighting, Police brutality, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, and War

Moderate: Stalking, Slavery, Body shaming, Child death, Colonisation, and Death of parent

lucasgillon's review

challenging dark emotional sad medium-paced

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

4.0

If you ignore the political theory section then you're a coward

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting

Moderate: Child death, Death, and Death of parent

Minor: Abandonment

emily_bg's review against another edition

dark sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

I found this an uncomfortable read. A lot of issues are still relevant today.

I enjoyed the book and thought it was cleverly written and very haunting

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture and Child death

mme_carton's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Child death, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Murder, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Racial slurs, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Antisemitism, Blood, Body horror, Classism, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, Stalking, Torture, Violence, Vomit, War, and Xenophobia

Moderate: Grief, Sexual assault, Alcoholism, Homophobia, and Rape

izzydelaya's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious reflective tense medium-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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Gaslighting, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Chronic illness, Body shaming, Alcoholism, Racial slurs, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Eating disorder, Cursing, Classism, Sexual violence, Physical abuse, Murder, War, Violence, Emotional abuse, Stalking, and Abandonment

Minor: Infidelity, Colonisation, Antisemitism, Murder, Child death, Genocide, Grief, Death of parent, Stalking, and Slavery