Reviews tagging 'Death'

1984 by Umberto Eco, Miguel Temprano García, George Orwell, George Orwell

273 reviews

hardcover_hazel's review against another edition

4.0

reflective fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Big brother is always watching.

George Orwell really creates thought-provoking pieces. 

This dystopian world was scary but fascinating. I’d have honestly loved to hear more about the world before things ramped up, I’m a sucker for these dystopian universes. 

Scary to think this isn’t too far off from an alternative universe though. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Confinement, Death, Sexual content, Torture, Murder, War

readorperish's review against another edition

3.5

challenging dark emotional 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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While the book correctly identified and predicted the oligarchy and authoritarianism that is dominating many countries (including Trump in the US) the story itself is wordy and drags on in unnecessarily long passages. The torture scenes at the end go on way too long. The love story (if it can even be called that) is drab and unconvincing. A much shorter book could have driven home the moral of the story  much more effectively. Still, for its more powerful descriptions of how oligarchs want power for the sake of power (e.g. Bezos, Zuckerburg, Musk, Trump, Xi, Putin) it’s worth reading and skimming over the wordy passages.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Torture, Violence, Vomit, War

king_henk_the_first's review against another edition

0.25

slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: N/A

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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This book is a  misogynistic piece of shi-

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Mental illness, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Vomit, Police brutality, Stalking, Murder, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, War, Deportation

shaleen64's review against another edition

3.5

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Rape, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Forced institutionalization, Police brutality, Murder, Gaslighting, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

Moderate: Misogyny

Minor: Alcoholism, Child death, Pregnancy

florixer's review against another edition

4.75

dark mysterious reflective tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

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, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Police brutality, Kidnapping, Stalking, Gaslighting

Moderate: Deadnaming, Death, Death of parent, War

Minor: Sexual content

ashteroids's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark emotional informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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“Who controls the past, controls the future. Who controls the present, controls the past.” 

A nauseating yet necessary read. If you told me this book was written yesterday, I’d fully believe you. Of course that was the point, but it’s still horrifying how comparable it is to our current political climate. 

It’s unsettling, realistic, defeating, crushing, and so very heartbreaking. I felt sick and emotional throughout, and now that I’ve finished it, even though it’s been a few hours I’m left with sadness and unease, and still finding myself crying thinking about it.

This is one of those books that are typically in high school curriculums, but I am so glad I read it for the first time as an adult at 26. I don’t think I would’ve fully understood and appreciated the impact this book has when I was a teenager, and most likely wouldn’t have returned to it. And if you had read it when you were in high school, reread it. I may need to come back to this book myself.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Body horror, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Vomit, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, Gaslighting, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

Moderate: Racism, Sexism, Trafficking

its_just_peachy's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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It was a very thought provoking book and very interesting to see how similar things have happened in the real world years after the book was written. The Stasi being very similar with the ‘telescreens’ and spying and though police. It was a very interesting read and not a happy book.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, War

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Death, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Police brutality, Death of parent, Murder, Classism

amessina3399's review against another edition

4.0

challenging dark reflective sad tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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To nobody's surprise, this book is absolutely brilliant. Poignant, thoughtful, and scarily timely in this current era, this book is a total page-turner that keeps you invested in the characters, as well as the political landscape of this dystopian world. 1984 will both devastate you and leave you better than before you read it. That all being said, this book is quite heady and at times dense, especially when it's diving into the sociological explanations and implications of the world. But if you can get through those moments with curiosity and your whole-hearted attention, you'll find absolutely genius storytelling and a wonderfully, horrifyingly realistic world.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Violence, Police brutality, Classism

Moderate: Child death, Death, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, Alcohol

abigailadams's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Child death, Death, Hate crime, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gaslighting, War, Injury/Injury detail

wretched_divine's review against another edition

4.0

challenging dark informative reflective tense medium-paced

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“If you want a picture of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face - for ever.”

Very important, very impactful, very scary. Definitely a must read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Torture, Violence, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Alcoholism, Misogyny, Blood, Alcohol, War

Minor: Death, Sexual content, Death of parent, Murder