Reviews tagging 'Slavery'

1984 by George Orwell

71 reviews

simixfe's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective 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? It's complicated

2.75

There was no need for this to be this f*cking long. 
The concept was good but the implementation was lacking...
I probably would have enjoyed it if it hadn't been written by Orwell



I read it a second time for my A-level and surprisingly I liked it even less. As for now, I would only give it 2⭐ My criticism from the first time reading it still holds true for me but the second time it felt even more annoying and repetitive...

The plot could be summarised with only a few words

Winston: all women bad, government bad too
Julia: I love you
Sex
Talking about rebellion
More sex
Even more sex
Receives "the book" from O'Brien
Info dump 
Arrest
Torture
Rats
Gives in
End

And a lot more passages with only info dump

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Body horror, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Torture, Violence, Vomit, Antisemitism, Alcoholism, Physical abuse, and Police brutality

Moderate: War, Child death, and Death of parent

Minor: Suicide, Murder, and Slavery

studiouspoppy's review against another edition

dark reflective 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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Physical abuse, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, War, and Slavery

greendorito's review against another edition

challenging dark informative mysterious reflective sad slow-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Death, Gore, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Torture, and Violence

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders and Slavery

archaicgambit's review against another edition

dark sad tense medium-paced

• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

This book is so misogynist. I get why this dystopia is iconic but like. There's been a lot better since.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Misogyny, Xenophobia, Suicidal thoughts, Slavery, Sexual violence, Racism, Police brutality, Hate crime, Gaslighting, Genocide, Death, and Colonisation

jojo_2000's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Forced institutionalization, Murder, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, and Torture

jojo_2000's review against another edition

medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Police brutality, Sexual content, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, and Violence

lucy12345's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious 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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Body horror, Confinement, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, and Violence

Moderate: Infertility, Slavery, and Death

oliviamnsnll'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

2.75

The novel purports to be a fictionalisation of the socialism prevalent in Europe prior to 1991. Taking place in England under the totalitarian ideology of IngSoc -English Socialism- the thought police control everyone's actions and the language and history are rewritten to support the narrative of "Big Brother."

The problem is the story read much more like a description of the modern day Capitalist West, than of any socialist country that's every been around. The thought police live among us in the form of the NSA, FBI, CIA, ICE, the Police, and the Corporations like Amazon, Google, and Facebook... Endless war is tactic of Washington to promote a continuous War Economy, and at every turn the socialist nations have opposed it. 

It's not a bad book once you realise the author's anti-communism prevented him from seeing who the real enemy was.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture

Moderate: Emotional abuse and Slavery

marionlundqvist's review against another edition

dark reflective tense slow-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

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Physical abuse, Slavery, Torture, and Violence

anamenoonewillmiss123's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Sexism, Torture, and Violence

Moderate: Confinement, Infidelity, Medical content, and Sexual content

Minor: Alcoholism, Homophobia, and Slavery