Reviews tagging 'Sexual content'

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

376 reviews

orangeowl55's review against another edition

3.5

challenging dark mysterious 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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Sexual content, Torture

Moderate: Alcoholism, Gore, Violence, War

Minor: Cursing, Rape, Self harm, Suicide

rory_john14's review against another edition

3.0

dark reflective 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: Body shaming, Confinement, Death, Misogyny, Sexism, Torture, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Alcohol, War, Classism

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Biphobia, Body horror, Child death, Gun violence, Homophobia, Infidelity, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Police brutality, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, Lesbophobia, Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Racism, Toxic relationship, Xenophobia, Grief, Religious bigotry, Stalking, Toxic friendship, Colonisation

novalea's review against another edition

3.5

challenging dark reflective sad tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Classism

aneanara's review against another edition

3.75

dark informative reflective slow-paced

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

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The best parts scared the shit out of me, not for the characters or their world, but our own, because the long explanation made sense. I can see how a world like that would start to exist and how it would last forever 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture

Moderate: Misogyny, Police brutality

Minor: Homophobia, Rape, Sexual content, War

clovetra's review against another edition

4.0

challenging 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: Complicated

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what an incredibly fascinating book.

as much as i want to say i loved this book for what it is and not what it stands for…. i can’t.

sure i was rooting for winston, but in some odd way i also wasn’t. i defo wasn’t rooting for julia - i actually couldn’t stand her but whatever. and i defo wasn’t rooting for the party, as ngl life there sounds like hell on earth. so i don’t know how, when reading this, i was simultaneously worried and not worried for winston. i simultaneously was waiting for him to get shot and simultaneously hoping he didn’t.

i honestly was quite bored at some spots. like sorry the book was 30 PAGES. i wanted to pull my hair out. but almost like stockholm syndrome i look back at those 30 pages and go “huh what was written there was smart”. insert meta-commentary about me being weak to big brother blah blah blah. i already know i would be a sheep following along no question in my mind man. 

there really felt like there was no plot here, and for the life of me i cannot explain why i kept coming back to this book. but i did.

idk i found the foundations of the party to concerningly mirror real life, and the politics fascinated me. communism is such a complex topic and i really enjoyed the explorations into it, even if the commentary was a tad surface level.

for someone who’s been dead since the 50s man had extremely strong clarity in terms of communism. 

i don’t really know what else to say. this book is almost beyond explanation for me. i’ve been sitting here for 20 minutes debating what rating i even give this, because i half hated and half loved this. i literally can’t tell if i even enjoyed this. my brain is mush. insert another meta-commentary here about me being so fallible to the party’s tactics blah blah blah clover sheep. goodnight. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Torture, Gaslighting, Alcohol, War, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Sexual content

allonsy_ozzy's review against another edition

4.5

dark mysterious reflective tense slow-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: Body horror, Confinement, Death, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, War

Moderate: Infertility, Mental illness, Rape, Sexual violence, Vomit, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail

lindasoderlundd's review against another edition

2.0

challenging dark reflective tense slow-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: No

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racism, Torture, Xenophobia, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Classism

Moderate: Body shaming, Slavery, Stalking, Colonisation, War

Minor: Animal cruelty, Homophobia, Sexual content, Excrement, Death of parent, Murder

alekslemoon's review against another edition

4.0

dark emotional reflective tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Death, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Dementia, Stalking, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Alcohol, War

Moderate: Cursing, War

lightningmc_logyn's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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A book so devastating, it can swing the reader back around to hope. I first read this in highschool, nearly a decade ago, and chose to read it again as I’d forgotten most of the books events. As a teenager it struck me, and I’ve displayed my copy on my bookshelves ever since. 

I am glad I re-read it. Orwell’s writing is masterful. The novel is a journey that is folded in on itself, details constantly evolving in light of new context. The reader feels the hope and despair Winston oscillates between. The plot is full of intrigue. It stays firm in its recount of horrid events as well as simple human joys. The parallels drawn to our world are startling. The passionate determination of Winston is palpable. Orwells mind has created a world that is not only real within its pages, but persists in one’s subconscious afterward. 

This book is intelligent and poignant. The themes discussed and analyzed are intentionally parallel to our society. The awareness this book awakened in me as a teen and distilled once again as an adult is something I am grateful for-though the reading experience is quite emotionally turbulent.  The story is dark, startlingly so, and I recommend reading it with care.

The latter third was painful for me to read, and the torture Winston endures and what he becomes is frightening.

The version I read has an afterward that I enjoyed, as it handles the dark subject matter honestly, but leaves the reader with a small branch of hope. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Body horror, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Homophobia, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Xenophobia, Blood, Vomit, Police brutality, Antisemitism, Medical content, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Alcohol, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

Moderate: Ableism, Addiction, Animal cruelty, Cursing, Rape, Colonisation

Minor: Rape, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide

This is a dark book where violence, war, and oppression are normalized and upheld. The main character endures dark situations and entertains dark thoughts, largely due to the oppressing society he lives in.

turquoisetyto's review against another edition

3.5

dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Violence

Moderate: Death