Reviews tagging 'Sexual assault'

1984 by George Orwell

45 reviews

finnft4's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious reflective tense slow-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

2.0

The book equivalent of being carsick.

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.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Torture, and Body horror

Moderate: Forced institutionalization

Minor: Sexual assault

stinkyfrog's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: War and Violence

Minor: Sexual assault and Stalking

nicology's review against another edition

4.5

As the cover suggests, an eye-opening, terrifying experience.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Sexual content

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

rai_con's review against another edition

dark reflective tense medium-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? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny

Moderate: War, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Rape, and Sexual content

Minor: Sexual content

francescazksxmc's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional tense fast-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Death, Confinement, Death of parent, Sexual assault, Child death, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Police brutality, Physical abuse, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Sexual content, and Torture

Moderate: Slavery, Vomit, War, Alcohol, and Pregnancy

Minor: Homophobia

alexisgracev's review against another edition

challenging mysterious reflective tense medium-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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual assault, Rape, and Sexual violence

jenna_justi2004's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark informative sad tense 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? Yes

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Excrement, Fatphobia, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Genocide, Kidnapping, Medical content, Murder, Pregnancy, Religious bigotry, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Abandonment, Body horror, Child death, Classism, Colonisation, Death of parent, Hate crime, Infertility, Misogyny, Slavery, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Blood, Body shaming, Confinement, Cultural appropriation, Death, Drug use, Gore, Medical trauma, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Stalking, Grief, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, and War

garden_goyle's review against another edition

challenging emotional tense medium-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? Yes

4.25

the fact that the american right loves to quote this is absolutely hilarious especially when they use it in reference to communism lmaoooo

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault and Rape

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Suicidal thoughts, and Sexual content

Minor: Death

fernandalopez's review against another edition

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? No

2.0

Only read it bc it's a classic but i honestly regret ir, idk how i manage to finish it
It's really slow, nothing really happens untik the last 100 pages
And the worst thing it's how the author and the characters describe and trear women

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Sexual assault, Sexism, Physical abuse, Torture, War, and Violence