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4.05 AVERAGE
4.05 AVERAGE
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
tense
medium-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:
Complicated
dark
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
dark
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:
Complicated
This book is such an important read, especially for me as an adult. It makes you think, and see, and question things more that you did before you read this book. It makes you feel uncomfortable in all kinds of ways, and mostly in the good way because you're questioning so much of what's going on.
However, it did make me feel uncomfortable in a bad way as well. I could not stand how much this character (or author?) hates women. The character starts questioning everything around him, but he's still okay with hating women like he always has. He calls grown women "girls" instead of women.
He's also into a much younger women, and he finds older women (or women his own age) gross and ugly. I just can't get on board with how the character and author sees women, this makes me feel more sick than anything else in the book.
The hate for women the character has also makes no sense since he's supposed to be questioning Big Brother and the Party. The Party also hates women, and says that sex is only for reproductive purposes and that female pleasure is not allowed. If the character is against the Party, wouldn't he speak up for women instead of hating them?
Winston does everything the Party says he's not allowed to. He's reading, thinking, writing, he's visiting the proles, he's meeting up with prostitutes and having sex. But when the Party says "hate women", Winston says "how much?".
However, it did make me feel uncomfortable in a bad way as well. I could not stand how much this character (or author?) hates women. The character starts questioning everything around him, but he's still okay with hating women like he always has. He calls grown women "girls" instead of women.
He's also into a much younger women, and he finds older women (or women his own age) gross and ugly. I just can't get on board with how the character and author sees women, this makes me feel more sick than anything else in the book.
Winston does everything the Party says he's not allowed to. He's reading, thinking, writing, he's visiting the proles, he's meeting up with prostitutes and having sex. But when the Party says "hate women", Winston says "how much?".
dark
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
Wasn't expecting the misogynistic parts, tried to overlook them since it might have been related to the plot and it's an old book, but it was starting to get me really down. Glad I'm not American and didn't have to read this for school
dark
reflective
medium-paced
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
dark
tense
slow-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:
Yes
dark
reflective
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
