Reviews tagging 'Infertility'

1984 by George Orwell

18 reviews

kailiyahknight's review against another edition

challenging dark hopeful informative mysterious reflective sad tense medium-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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Police brutality, Grief, Alcohol, Classism, Medical content, Violence, Genocide, Gore, Physical abuse, Sexism, Mental illness, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Sexual violence, Torture, Body horror, Confinement, Gaslighting, Medical trauma, Murder, Vomit, Forced institutionalization, Injury/Injury detail, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Rape, War, Alcoholism, Slavery, and Addiction

Minor: Homophobia, Gun violence, Racial slurs, Death of parent, Infertility, Infidelity, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, Self harm, and Suicidal thoughts

vnfhcxksiw's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative mysterious reflective sad 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? Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, War, Torture, Sexism, Gaslighting, Misogyny, Physical abuse, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Confinement, Death, Deportation, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Murder, Violence, Body shaming, Classism, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexism, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Religious bigotry, Gaslighting, Infertility, War, Grief, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic friendship, Death of parent, Rape, Torture, Abandonment, Blood, Forced institutionalization, Genocide, Alcohol, Colonisation, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Racism, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

riverofhorton's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

4.0

So this was actually my second read of this book, the first having been around 10 years ago. Just as I did the previous read through, I was struck by just how much of this book is relevant to our world today. This is one of the books that I will keep coming back to again and again throughout my lifetime.
The book itself is a somewhat dramatised (hopefully) version of Stalin's Russia/Nazi Germany. It has so many layers to it, and I', still not convinces I've worked out just how deep the 'Party' goes in their propaganda, gaslighting, and plotting against its own citizens.
This is an incredibly well planned out (or perhaps the word is researched) and realised world, where even the bits that are fiction could very easily be real. That, I think, is the true terror of this book: How easily society could go from even today's status, to that found in this book. Thus, Orwell's intention to have this book serve as a warning was fully realised.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Classism, Cursing, Death, Body shaming, Child abuse, Ableism, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Genocide, Homophobia, Religious bigotry, Antisemitism, Cultural appropriation, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Pregnancy, Racism, Rape, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Infertility, Medical content, Misogyny, Chronic illness, Infidelity, Mass/school shootings, Physical abuse, Suicide, Vomit, Acephobia/Arophobia, Addiction, Alcohol, Colonisation, Confinement, Deportation, Slavery, Abandonment, Blood, Body horror, Bullying, Child death, Fatphobia, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Murder, Outing, Police brutality, Excrement, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Gore, Hate crime, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Forced institutionalization, Panic attacks/disorders, Racial slurs, Torture, Trafficking, Grief, Gun violence, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Xenophobia, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Stalking, and War

tkivinen's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

4.5

A dystopian classic for a reason. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Colonisation, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Torture, War, Police brutality, Death, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Physical abuse, and Violence

Minor: Sexual content, Suicide, Homophobia, Death of parent, Infertility, and Suicidal thoughts

seapotatohowisitalrtaken's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Misogyny, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Violence, Torture, Police brutality, Gore, and Alcohol

Moderate: Stalking, Infertility, Vomit, Toxic relationship, War, Murder, Mental illness, Body horror, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Medical content, Sexual content, and Rape

mindins's review against another edition

dark reflective medium-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

Dentro de todo estuvo muy bien, me gustó la construcción de mundo y el personaje de O'Brien fue para mí el mejor, pero Julia fue tan poco memorable, como esos largos párrafos hablando de política que me llegaron a aburrir, pero dentro de todo fue un buen libro, especialmente la 3ra parte, 

donde sinceramente no me estaba detalles de la tortura

y por algún motivo me decepcionó el protagonista al final, pero me imagino que más tenía sentido que ocurriera.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Forced institutionalization, and Torture

Moderate: Fatphobia, War, and Sexual content

Minor: Infertility and Rape

topbob's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective tense medium-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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Violence, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Alcohol

Minor: Death and Infertility

parenthesis_enjoyer's review against another edition

challenging dark tense 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? Yes

4.0

a chilling examination of the mechanisms of authoritarianism. Most people do not understand this book. It's about far more than just Stalin.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Xenophobia, Medical trauma, Gaslighting, Torture, and Violence

Moderate: Classism, Infidelity, Racism, Sexual content, and War

Minor: Alcohol, Acephobia/Arophobia, Antisemitism, Body shaming, Infertility, Misogyny, Alcoholism, and Addiction

airfryer's review against another edition

dark reflective sad 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? Yes

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Police brutality, Confinement, Torture, Classism, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Alcohol, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Physical abuse, Violence, Infertility, Misogyny, and Infidelity

Moderate: Blood and Vomit

Minor: Rape

sunshinesyst3m's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

I’m very glad I picked up the audiobook, I’ve tried to read classics before but struggled to because the style they’re written in is hard for me to get into. Listening to it was much better though and I’ll have to do that for other classics I’ve been meaning to read. 

I’ve much enjoyed listening to this book and it made me think a lot about what the government in this book and the government for the country I live in have in common (a decent amount it seems, which isn’t a good look haha). The ending wasn’t exactly what I had hoped for but the book is meant to be realistic, so I do suppose the ending does make sense. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Body horror, and Torture

Moderate: Forced institutionalization, Transphobia, Xenophobia, Lesbophobia, Police brutality, Medical trauma, Homophobia, Genocide, Racism, Antisemitism, Infertility, and Rape

Minor: Drug use