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1984 (Unabridged) by George Orwell

93 reviews

peachtea's review against another edition

dark informative reflective tense medium-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? It's complicated

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Torture, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Alcoholism, Suicidal thoughts, Pregnancy, Alcohol, and War

Minor: Blood, Excrement, and Vomit

morgemort's review against another edition

dark

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Chronic illness, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Vomit, Stalking, Gaslighting, and Alcohol

nielsrenssen's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional informative reflective sad tense 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? It's complicated

5.0

One of the best books of all time written by one one of the best authors of all time. Surprisingly philosophical. Every sentence is masterfully constructed. The fact that the metric system plays a role in Orwell's vision of dystopia is hilariously British. Need to give this an annotated re-read at some point.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Body shaming, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Slavery, Suicide, Torture, Police brutality, Antisemitism, Gaslighting, Colonisation, and War

confused_art_person's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective 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? Yes

2.0

It was a fascinating world with an interesting premise that would have hooked me if it were not for the characters. The character’s attitudes and personalities put me so off of the plot that if this were not required reading for me, I would’ve dropped the book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse and Torture

Moderate: Confinement

Minor: Alcoholism and Rape

marsisred's review against another edition

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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Body horror, Cursing, Death, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Antisemitism, Medical content, Mass/school shootings, Medical trauma, Abandonment, and War

accio_gays's review against another edition

dark hopeful reflective sad slow-paced

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

4.25

Had to read it for English Lit. It was slow and a slog in some places. I hate Winston with a passion,

especially after what happens in room 101

. The ending was so disappointing, NGL. I really wanted

Winston to have revolted and won over The Party, and for him to escape the dystopian world in some way

. It was really thought provoking though, I enjoyed really thinking about what the characters were saying etc, and how they interact in a world not entirely unlike our own. There are some quotes within the book that just made me go on a thought tangent, it was just so exciting to think about. Probably wouldn't have read it if I hadn't taken English tbh, it's not really a book I would've voluntarily picked up. But I'm kinda glad I did, in a weird and twisted way. I love a book that allows me to think. However the outdated and clearly Christian views (the religious undertones that run through the book, about purity, and Big Brother being a higher power etc that just may be the English student in me though) that run through this book made me want to throw it across the room (which I did). the descriptions of many minorities including Jewish people, Fat people, women etc DISGUSTING. I get that Orwell was from the 1940s or whatever but the views of the main character are nasty and say so much about how much of a shitty person the author would've been in our time. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Torture, Violence, Blood, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Body shaming, Fatphobia, Sexism, Sexual content, Suicide, Antisemitism, Abandonment, Colonisation, and War

Minor: Alcoholism, Slavery, Vomit, Grief, and Alcohol

elodie_melodie's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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? It's complicated

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Physical abuse, Rape, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Police brutality, Medical content, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and War

Minor: Alcoholism, Misogyny, Sexual content, Antisemitism, and Alcohol

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

Minor: Murder