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Nineteen Eighty Four: Anniversary Edition by George Orwell
157 reviews
laughingkatana's review against another edition
- 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? Yes
2.0
Graphic: Alcoholism, Body horror, Confinement, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Police brutality, Murder, Gaslighting, Colonisation, War, and Classism
ono_odog's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.75
Graphic: Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, and Classism
Moderate: Sexual content
finnft4's review against another edition
- 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? Yes
2.0
It wasn't awful, but I didn't enjoy reading it at all. Think of a book that is 75% world building, but the world itself is insanely mundane and uninteresting.
Fahrenheit 451 uses the same concept and executes it in a much better, more interesting way.
Graphic: Body horror, Torture, and Gaslighting
Moderate: Forced institutionalization
Minor: Sexual assault
sunshinesyst3m's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
I’ve much enjoyed listening to this book and it made me think a lot about what the government in this book and the government for the country I live in have in common (a decent amount it seems, which isn’t a good look haha). The ending wasn’t exactly what I had hoped for but the book is meant to be realistic, so I do suppose the ending does make sense.
Graphic: Body horror, Torture, and War
Moderate: Genocide, Homophobia, Infertility, Racism, Rape, Transphobia, Forced institutionalization, Xenophobia, Police brutality, Antisemitism, Medical trauma, and Lesbophobia
Minor: Drug use
_quinnsreads's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? N/A
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A
4.75
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Confinement, Genocide, Sexual content, Forced institutionalization, and War
reminiscences's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.75
Graphic: Body horror, Body shaming, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Racism, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Vomit, Police brutality, Medical content, Kidnapping, Religious bigotry, Gaslighting, Alcohol, and War
emmalouisereads's review against another edition
- 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
4.5
I knew a lot of the story from what I gleaned from popular culture. The only surprise really is whether there is a happy or sad ending - which I won’t spoil.
I think I would have appreciated a more ruthless editor. There are times where we have the same information repeated to us over and over, and I found myself thinking, I know Orwell, you told me this. There’s also a large amount of a book read by the main character which confirms what the main character knows, which of course we also knew.. so it would have been perhaps fine to say the book confirmed his knowledge?
At any rate, this is a disturbing tale. Too close to possible in some parts.
Graphic: Confinement, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Police brutality, Murder, Gaslighting, and Classism
Moderate: Suicidal thoughts and War
Minor: Self harm
francescazksxmc's review against another edition
- 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
4.0
Graphic: Child death, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Police brutality, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism
Moderate: Slavery, Vomit, Pregnancy, Alcohol, and War
Minor: Homophobia
manel_'s review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Having read it without notion of this was however 'enjoyable' and the meaning I took from it was a severely flawed character given his circumstances (and not the self insert it actually is).
Graphic: Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, Sexual violence, Torture, Toxic relationship, and Forced institutionalization
Moderate: Alcoholism, Death, Violence, Police brutality, Kidnapping, and War
tupsukorva's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
Moderate: Alcoholism, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Sexism, Sexual content, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Xenophobia, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism