Reviews tagging 'Gun violence'

Animal Farm by George Orwell

64 reviews

gbmillar2002's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective fast-paced

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

3.75

Orwell has written a beautifully fast paced book on how absolute power corrupts, even those with the most well meaning of intentions.

My absolute favourite part is when at the end of the book, the pigs began to stand up on hind legs; carrying a whip!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death

Minor: Gun violence

hannah_cogo's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Animal death, Death, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Blood, Slavery, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Deportation, Gun violence, Alcohol, and Kidnapping

Minor: Violence, War, Suicide, and Torture

serena_hien's review against another edition

challenging dark informative lighthearted reflective medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Animal cruelty, Classism, Blood, and Animal death

spark_879's review against another edition

medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder, Slavery, and Gaslighting

Minor: War, Alcohol, and Gun violence

annalikescats's review against another edition

slow-paced

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

1.5

Boring .  The cat should’ve overthrown the government 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Medical trauma, Homophobia, Gun violence, Animal cruelty, Alcohol, Religious bigotry, Physical abuse, Alcoholism, Genocide, Classism, War, Violence, Toxic friendship, Sexism, Murder, Toxic relationship, Slavery, and Hate crime

clare072's review against another edition

emotional reflective tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism

Moderate: Animal cruelty and Animal death

Minor: Death, Grief, Gaslighting, Gun violence, Alcohol, Blood, War, and Slavery

perth_is's review against another edition

dark reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.25

4 legs good, 2 legs bad!

4 legs good, 2 legs better!


Sigh.. this book infuriates me but in such a good way. The social commentary on hypocrisy and corruption of the government. damn. Orwell perfectly shows how easily overtime the population (in this case the animals can be manipulated by a higher power (in this case, by the pigs)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Alcohol, Animal death, Animal cruelty, War, Violence, Murder, Gun violence, Grief, Emotional abuse, Death, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Pregnancy and Blood

leahhmorriss's review against another edition

challenging dark informative reflective sad fast-paced

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

4.0

This book taught me that pigs cannot be trusted and they will manipulate you until they have power over you. They will gaslight you into believing they’re leading a revolution when in reality THEY’RE the bad guys.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death and Animal cruelty

Moderate: Gaslighting, Gun violence, and Slavery

artiiichoke's review against another edition

dark reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.0

• pretty enjoyable to read, sometimes i forgot which animals were who but that was more on me than the book
• i’d read it again and definitely annotate next time 
• interesting connections to communism and capitalism especially with the themes and ideas centralised around the cold war and west vs east ideologies (USA/USSR)  
• i would’ve LOVED to read this in school it would’ve been way more enjoyable compared to anything we were given 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Bullying, Classism, and Violence

Moderate: Animal death, Death, Slavery, Gaslighting, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Gun violence

rosamaria's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Animal death, Death, Violence, Suicide, Murder, Animal cruelty, and Gun violence

Moderate: Alcohol and Blood