Reviews tagging 'War'

1984 by George Orwell

516 reviews

cinnashard's review against another edition

4.5

dark reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Violence

Minor: War

im_just_m's review against another edition

3.75

challenging reflective tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Torture

Minor: Alcoholism, Sexism, Violence, War

belinda_h's review against another edition

4.0

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, War

Moderate: Gore, Forced institutionalization

Minor: Sexual content

toastpaws's review against another edition

3.75

dark 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: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting

Moderate: Sexual content, Alcohol, War

Minor: Rape

werepsyche's review against another edition

2.5

dark reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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it was just... boring. i mean it literally took me a year and some months to finish it. i understand how it's very influential but it's just sorta eh. i even skipped one or two tangents orwell went on because i really was not having it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Violence, War

Moderate: Sexism, Toxic relationship, Vomit

Minor: Rape, Death of parent

panache's review against another edition

4.5

dark reflective tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Forced institutionalization, Police brutality

Moderate: Sexual content, Violence

Minor: War

gabriella_'s review against another edition

3.75

reflective tense 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: Complicated

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why do British dystopians always have a nursery rhyme involved? it takes me out because it’s juvenile in an otherwise pretty heavy story 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Body horror, Body shaming, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Police brutality, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Alcohol, War, Injury/Injury detail

lorraine19's review against another edition

4.75

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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The beginning can be a bit difficult to understand and slow to get into. But once as you really get into it and appreciate the world building, it opens your eyes to why this is considered a classic. There is a deep examination on what it means to be human at the root of this book that I think is often overlooked in favor of the political debates. The characters are complex people in a complex world. It is a very dark read but not a "feels good" book if that's what you are looking for. I personally appreciate the seriousness and the depth of this book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Physical abuse, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Gaslighting, War, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Body horror, Death, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Grief, Alcohol, Classism

Minor: Ableism, Cursing, Homophobia, Infidelity, Mental illness, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual content, Violence, Police brutality, Religious bigotry, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis

daybreakreads's review against another edition

1.0

dark tense 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: Complicated

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Painfully slow, dull writing. I normally enjoy dystopian novels but this one was just trying too har. Everything was for shock value, which ended up making nothing surprising. I find it ironic that the story involves sending a warning against scaring people into believing your political ideologies, but the author is a socialist and is advocating for socialism. The government claims to be socialist, but at one point it’s revealed it’s not actually socialist, and the only way forward is to become socialist. I don’t care what your political leanings are, there’s blatant hypocrisy by the author in trying to scare people into becoming socialist whilst advocating against scaring people into agreeing with your political opinions.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Police brutality, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Confinement, Death, Racial slurs, Racism, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Classism

Minor: Child death, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Vomit, War

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kaymay29's review against another edition

3.75

dark mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Police brutality, Gaslighting, Alcohol, War, Classism

Moderate: Body shaming, Child death, Slavery, Stalking, Death of parent, Colonisation