Reviews tagging 'Gaslighting'

1984 by George Orwell

161 reviews

siowan's review against another edition

dark reflective sad tense 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Police brutality, Grief, Death of parent, Cursing, Alcoholism, Gaslighting, Child death, Physical abuse, War, Genocide, Violence, Xenophobia, Classism, Murder, Slavery, Death, Forced institutionalization, Injury/Injury detail, and Suicidal thoughts

rewb's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Genocide, Body shaming, and Torture

Moderate: Police brutality, Body horror, Gaslighting, and Hate crime

Minor: Forced institutionalization, Death of parent, and Religious bigotry

castle_samj's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

2.5

I have both simultaneously and impossibly completely read this book and wholeheartedly denounced its utter existence or potential to exist. 

I think I’m disappointed. I had long expected this book to contain some more SCIENCE to its -fiction, yet mostly it dealt with drama and confusing or blurring the lines of reality. I’d wager this was more intended as a political protest and warning tragedy of the existing world governments in the 1940s than a prediction of what was to come. While a lot of the meta-content has, in fact, evolved to become true, it equally mispredicted some changes, lending to its true purpose of protest. 

I can not recommend reading this book. Read a synopsis or something, or read Part 2 Chapter 09 and nothing else. I’m not even sure if Orwell was antisemitic by making the ‘villain’ be Jewish (

there’s no good closure on the purpose of Goldstein other than to be the scapegoat for the opposition to the Party, and nothing other than hateful rhetoric toward him or his ideology

) but he doesn’t do aftercare for any of the awful things; you just get a tragedy.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Police brutality, Self harm, Genocide, Racial slurs, Slavery, Kidnapping, War, Addiction, Gore, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Misogyny, Blood, Gaslighting, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Vomit, Bullying, Body horror, Body shaming, Emotional abuse, Abandonment, Classism, Murder, Colonisation, and Torture

Moderate: Addiction and Alcohol

Minor: Cultural appropriation, Antisemitism, and Grief

noori_paratha's review against another edition

slow-paced

2.0

required reading; it would've been better as an essay. did not care for anything plot-related till part 3. the ideas were interesting, but overall a chore to read for what was supposed to be a novel

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Gaslighting, Rape, and Torture

bookswithlydscl's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• 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

2024 re-read, I still love it (though the sections with Winston reading Goldstein's book are unnecessarily long). Re-read to hopefully enhance my reading of 'Julia' and loved having the refresh of pivotal scenes.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting and War

onlylonelystars's review against another edition

challenging dark tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Addiction, Alcohol, Blood, Death, Emotional abuse, Murder, Gaslighting, and Physical abuse

tkivinen's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

• 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? It's complicated

4.5

A dystopian classic for a reason. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Colonisation, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Torture, War, Police brutality, Death, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Physical abuse, and Violence

Minor: Sexual content, Suicide, Homophobia, Death of parent, Infertility, and Suicidal thoughts

heinzbeanboy's review against another edition

dark inspiring mysterious fast-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? Yes

5.0

It's a beautiful thing, the destruction of words.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture

Moderate: Classism, War, Gaslighting, Police brutality, and Racism

Minor: Rape and Sexual assault

bonss's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective tense slow-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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting

eminent_reader's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark funny reflective tense slow-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence, Torture, Medical trauma, Forced institutionalization, Classism, and Gaslighting