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1984 by George Orwell

86 reviews

madamechampignon's review against another edition

challenging dark 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture

Moderate: Violence

Minor: Rape, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Sexual content, and War

holly_mc's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture

Moderate: Alcoholism

filipa_maia's review against another edition

dark reflective tense slow-paced

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

3.0

This book was so hard to read! I almost gave it up two out three times... I've read 'Animal Farm', and quite liked it, so I was expecting something similar. But, oh boy, was I wrong... I've found this book really slow paced, long descriptive chapters, so much details describing things that have zero input in the overall narrative.

The story gains momentum when Winston meets Julia and the readers know that is not going to end well. When is actually getting interesting, the story is cut by tons of pages of Goldstein's book (that I skipped forward). The final part was, in my opinion, the best. Witnessing the way O'Brien breaks Winston's mind (and body), and the way Winston fights back. That's brilliant! That's the book I was expecting!

I understand that the first chapters, those big descriptions of that society, are essential to put the reader in the right mindset. But I think that they are way to long and slow and take away the beauty of the ending. I was so bored and eager for the book to end that I couldn't enjoy the ending as much as I would like.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Alcohol and Alcoholism

Minor: Murder

simixfe's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective slow-paced

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

2.75

There was no need for this to be this f*cking long. 
The concept was good but the implementation was lacking...
I probably would have enjoyed it if it hadn't been written by Orwell



I read it a second time for my A-level and surprisingly I liked it even less. As for now, I would only give it 2⭐ My criticism from the first time reading it still holds true for me but the second time it felt even more annoying and repetitive...

The plot could be summarised with only a few words

Winston: all women bad, government bad too
Julia: I love you
Sex
Talking about rebellion
More sex
Even more sex
Receives "the book" from O'Brien
Info dump 
Arrest
Torture
Rats
Gives in
End

And a lot more passages with only info dump

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Body horror, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Torture, Violence, Vomit, Antisemitism, Alcoholism, Physical abuse, and Police brutality

Moderate: War, Child death, and Death of parent

Minor: Suicide, Murder, and Slavery

bradiehilliard's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective sad slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Antisemitism, Child death, Colonisation, Confinement, Death, Forced institutionalization, Kidnapping, Police brutality, Torture, Violence, War, and Xenophobia

waterbridge147's review against another edition

challenging dark medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Forced institutionalization, Torture, Violence, and War

Moderate: Alcoholism and Confinement

crocidil's review against another edition

challenging reflective 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Death, Gore, Misogyny, Rape, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Death of parent

Minor: Suicidal thoughts

fullybooked22's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

It was expected that the ending would not be a happy one and yet it still shocked me? Winston was an interesting character and for a classic it was less sexist/ racist than expected although still not great.

Will certainly remain in my mind for a while although I wish I had more knowledge about politics mainly communism/ socialism/ totalitarianism as I think this would have allowed me to enjoy the book more.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, and Torture

Moderate: Alcoholism and Body horror

antoniaodernein's review against another edition

dark informative mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence, Torture, Sexism, Physical abuse, Mental illness, Fatphobia, Death, Blood, and Hate crime

Minor: Alcoholism, Body shaming, Eating disorder, and Vomit

lucy12345's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious 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? It's complicated

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Body horror, Confinement, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, and Violence

Moderate: Infertility, Slavery, and Death