Reviews with content warning for Sexual assault - 1984

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1984 by George Orwell

50 reviews

labohemeperdue's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional slow-paced

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

1.0

Me he leído este libro porque lo tenía en pendientes desde hace muchísimo tiempo, pero sabiendo que había envejecido muy mal en lo que se refiere a temas de género. El libro apesta a señoro de una manera que es asquerosa y solo puede entender que se haya convertido en un super clásico porque salió justo en los inicios de la Guerra Fría por parte de un autor ya reconocido. Porque el libro me ha parecido simple y llanamente malo. La parte final

a partir de que atrapan a Windston

me ha resultado algo más de interés pero en general me ha parecido un panfleto mal escrito sin profundidad ni en su mundo ni, muchísimo menos, en la construcción de sus personajes. Si los protagonistas fuesen adolescentes y lo hubiese escrito una mujer en 2012 tendríamos clarísimo que es una de las muchas distopías juveniles de la época que destacaban por muchas cosas menos por calidad.

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martu_pm's review against another edition

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challenging dark reflective 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

3.5

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strawberrysheepie's review against another edition

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dark slow-paced

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

1.5

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sophcantread's review against another edition

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challenging dark mysterious reflective slow-paced

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

1.5

Hated it. If I could burn this book I would.

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marsisred's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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enf87's review against another edition

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I was excited to read this book - it's a classic, plus I'm always interested in a book that's ever been "banned." However, the narrator, toward the beginning of the book (page 15) describes his hatred of an unnamed woman ("the dark-haired girl") he's had no contact with, and goes on to describe in great detail how he'd like to rape, torture and murder her, simply because she's an attractive young woman. Note: this scene is NOT why the book was banned!

As a survivor, I'm admittedly picky about scenes of sexual assault in my reading materials, but it's certainly not a deal breaker. (Toni Morrison is one of my favorite authors and she wrote some truly upsetting rape scenes.)

In this case, the fact that the narrator simply continues the story as though these types of fantasies are standard to the male psyche, while I'm supposed to look to him as my reliable narrator, made me uneasy.

No shade to anyone who enjoyed this book, but I felt ok just taking the cliff notes route here after that scene.

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