Reviews tagging 'Colonisation'

Burmese Days by George Orwell

1 review

aveygravey's review against another edition

challenging dark tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Suicide, Colonisation, and Racial slurs

Moderate: Animal death

Minor: Alcohol and Animal death

There is one character who is very racist but this character is framed in a negative way, and is expressly shown to be in the wrong. The novel is supposed to be a criquite of british imperialism, decribing the dirty ways of the british empire set against multiple subplots that involve the protagonist/anti hero

the protagonist/anti-hero does commit suicide though it is not described in super graphic detail (describing in detail the process and/or any gore)