Reviews tagging 'Death'

Animal Farm by George Orwell

126 reviews

les_gregory's review against another edition

dark reflective medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Murder, Blood, and Death

Moderate: Alcohol

satuhurme's review against another edition

challenging reflective sad fast-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Classism, Animal cruelty, Death, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, and Slavery

noo's review against another edition

dark inspiring reflective fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Blood, Animal death, and Death

Minor: Suicide, Alcohol, Violence, Cannibalism, and Slavery

stardustdreamer's review against another edition

dark reflective fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Murder, and War

Moderate: Classism, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Death, and Slavery

Minor: Sexism

l_myers's review against another edition

challenging dark sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

I have now read this for the second time and after learning more about the historical context and actions this book is in response to, I truly believe this is a helpful tool into viewing the society that had formed during the time. Politics are a big theme and the dysfunctional society is a great representation of the history. This is a very fast paced and short read. The material is heavy topic wise but not dense reading. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence, Blood, Animal death, and Death

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

sinnabeanz's review against another edition

dark emotional informative 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? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death and Animal cruelty

Moderate: War, Police brutality, Death, and Violence

Minor: Gun violence, Racism, Slavery, and Suicide

naiu_cs's review against another edition

emotional reflective fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Death and Violence

meganpbennett's review against another edition

adventurous dark fast-paced

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

2.0

Animal Farm was on a book challenge list and it was short, so I gave it a try. It has a lot of similarities to 1984, Orwell's best-known work, specifically the use of changing history to best suit the present, the use of a mouthpiece to speak for the ruler, and the use of scapegoats to cover when things go wrong. It was also dark and violent. 

If you want to read an Orwellian look at the world, read 1984. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Eating disorder, Excrement, Violence, Gun violence, Murder, Slavery, Animal death, Gaslighting, Body horror, Confinement, Fire/Fire injury, Physical abuse, Animal cruelty, Blood, Classism, War, and Alcohol