Reviews tagging 'Death'

Animal Farm by George Orwell

141 reviews

artiiichoke's review against another edition

dark reflective sad medium-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? It's complicated

4.0

• pretty enjoyable to read, sometimes i forgot which animals were who but that was more on me than the book
• i’d read it again and definitely annotate next time 
• interesting connections to communism and capitalism especially with the themes and ideas centralised around the cold war and west vs east ideologies (USA/USSR)  
• i would’ve LOVED to read this in school it would’ve been way more enjoyable compared to anything we were given 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Bullying, Violence, and Classism

Moderate: Animal death, Death, Slavery, Gaslighting, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Gun violence

rosamaria's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Gun violence, Suicide, Violence, Murder, and Classism

Moderate: Blood and Alcohol

sinnabookz's review against another edition

dark emotional informative reflective sad 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty and Animal death

Moderate: Death, Violence, Police brutality, and War

Minor: Gun violence, Racism, Slavery, and Suicide

naiu_cs's review

emotional reflective fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Death and Violence

meganpbennett's review against another edition

adventurous dark fast-paced

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

2.0

Animal Farm was on a book challenge list and it was short, so I gave it a try. It has a lot of similarities to 1984, Orwell's best-known work, specifically the use of changing history to best suit the present, the use of a mouthpiece to speak for the ruler, and the use of scapegoats to cover when things go wrong. It was also dark and violent. 

If you want to read an Orwellian look at the world, read 1984. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Confinement, Death, Eating disorder, Gore, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Slavery, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Alcohol, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

iinasomnia's review

dark reflective fast-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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Death, Violence, Murder, Alcohol, and War

Minor: Alcoholism and Animal cruelty

rachelunabridged's review against another edition

dark reflective fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Gun violence, Violence, Murder, Gaslighting, and Classism

Moderate: Slavery

Minor: Alcohol

wynrii's review

challenging dark tense fast-paced

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

3.5

This was a random book I picked up and finished within 2 hours. I’ve heard that this book is commonly studied in school English classes (although mine did not) and I can see why.

Animal farm has so many themes and elements to it that reflect into real life, probably inspired by the events around the time of its creation.  The way it portrays many groups of people by using the animals. I like the connections that it makes and how it slowly shows the upper class animals breaking the commandments, as a way to show a hierarchy and the divide between the animals. There is so much to discuss in this short book. Nothing was inherently bad about it, it just wasn’t that special so I don’t think I can rate it higher than a 4. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Classism

Minor: Animal death and Death

thechocolatefinger's review against another edition

challenging funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Murder, Gaslighting, and Classism

Moderate: Confinement, Slavery, Violence, and Alcohol

Minor: Bullying, Gun violence, Physical abuse, and Kidnapping

charlock's review against another edition

dark 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Gore, Physical abuse, Slavery, Blood, Murder, Gaslighting, and Alcohol