Reviews tagging 'War'

1984 by George Orwell

518 reviews

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

One n word usage

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

modrinkscoffee's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous dark emotional tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

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: Confinement, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Gaslighting, Alcohol, War, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Misogyny

jayasilog's review against another edition

3.75

adventurous dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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i read this for the sake of reading it, and now i get the cultural references to this book. insightful read (for it’s time) with the foreword context! but like damn. that’s rough.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, War

moscatel's review against another edition

4.75

dark hopeful 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: Complicated

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não dei 5 estrelas porque há aspetos demasiado estúpidos, como

o início da relação do winston e da julia

, o orwell nem tentou

e fiquei chateado com o final.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Police brutality, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Vomit, War

Minor: Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicide

laughingkatana's review against another edition

2.0

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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I completely understand why this book is a staple in the U.S., I understand the messages it hold, and I even see why people like it, but I did not enjoy the book even slightly. It is incredibly boring and drawn out. The author paints a tedious life through tedious writing and description. The only plus is how in depth the dive into the main characters thoughts and emotions is. I'm glad I read it, but honestly probably wouldn't recommend.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Body horror, Confinement, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Police brutality, Murder, Gaslighting, Colonisation, War, Classism

getjinxed's review against another edition

0.25

dark 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: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Gaslighting, War

eliasaurus's review against another edition

3.75

dark reflective 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: Misogyny, Racism, Xenophobia, Vomit

Minor: War

mermaidmomma's review against another edition

3.0

adventurous challenging reflective tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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This book will always have me questioning the way things work and the power of knowledge and thought. With the current state of the world, it does make me think even more this time around. 

This isn’t my favorite classic to read but it is such an important text.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, War

Moderate: Sexual content

Minor: Rape

elaa0907's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous dark inspiring slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: N/A

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, War

Moderate: Drug use, Sexism, Violence

Minor: Rape

You will find The first part incredibly boring, the second and third part however are fast paced and interesting with a lot of plot twists