Reviews tagging 'Sexual content'

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

375 reviews

grimmoire_system's review against another edition

3.75

challenging dark reflective tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Genocide, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Police brutality, Gaslighting, War, Classism

Minor: Sexual content, Slavery, Mass/school shootings

thegreatnoodles's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark sad 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: Complicated

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Ten years ago for school we studied the general themes of this book and had a brief video summary of its events, ten years later and the themes of Whose Reality still remain important today. In a world of growing misinformation, growing authoritarianism, growing censorship and mass propaganda the threats of the dystopian future of 1984 become ever closer. Especially if one looks the direction of America.

I have seen people argue this book is misogynistic, however I feel the protagonist (and the world within) is misogynistic but not necessarily the author. The vast, vast majority of themes and events in this book are meant to be seen as bad, and our protagonist is equally a terrible person (who just so happens to be against the tyrannical government). He has fantasies of murdering not just women, but men too. The book isn’t promoting anti-women rhetoric no more than it is promoting anti-children rhetoric (with the Spies and blatant Hitler-Youth inspired groups)

Overall an unsettling and worthwhile read!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Child death, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Infidelity, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Xenophobia, Blood, Police brutality, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

Moderate: Ableism, Addiction, Body horror, Domestic abuse, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Excrement, Vomit, Kidnapping, Abandonment

Minor: Animal cruelty, Cursing, Homophobia, Antisemitism, Suicide attempt, Fire/Fire injury

cosmoscryptid's review against another edition

5.0

dark tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Sexual content, Torture, Forced institutionalization, Xenophobia, Kidnapping, Gaslighting, War

Minor: Child death, Rape

xmythologicx's review against another edition

3.75

challenging dark informative mysterious 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: No

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It's a great book and I can understand the discussion around it, but it was a little hard to conceptualize for me

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body horror, Confinement, Physical abuse, Xenophobia, Blood, Police brutality, Gaslighting, Classism

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Sexual content

emilyseebold's review against another edition

4.5

challenging dark mysterious 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: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Fatphobia

Minor: Alcoholism

hatsterx's review against another edition

3.0

dark mysterious 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Torture, Violence

Moderate: Death, Sexual content

Minor: Rape, Vomit, War

katerose_lol's review against another edition

4.0

challenging dark mysterious 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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Emotional abuse, Torture, Gaslighting, Classism

Moderate: Death, Sexual content, Violence, Alcohol, War

Minor: Child death, Suicide

antuustrawberry's review against another edition

4.75

dark mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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I LOVE THIS BOOK !! slightly traumatizing though… i didnt expect the end btw. 

i ended up dreaming with o’brien

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Police brutality, War

Moderate: Physical abuse, Sexual content

TWO THINGS !! first, i hated that part where winston had to read that FUCKING BOOK I COULDNT FINISH IT i was reading that for like two weeks?? AND I DIDNT EXPECT FUCKING SEX IN THE BOOK (???) it was kinda awkward. my fault for not reading what it was about…

ilkjen's review against another edition

4.0

dark 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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Reading this for the first time as it never came up as assigned reading in school. Figured now was as good a time as any to experience 1984. And I don’t think I could’ve been more right while simultaneously being more wrong.

Choosing this moment to read about an evil totalitarian government who changes history, erases people, rewrites facts, silences any who oppose or challenge them, and demands your love for it all… Ya I didn’t need to immerse in this right now.

I will proudly cling to my printed copy of this until the day BB demands I burn it (and probably for awhile after that)… but I will never ever read this on purpose again. I made annotations for reference if need be, but I hate this so much. I hate this for us.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Torture, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting

Moderate: Sexual content, Alcohol

Minor: Rape, Violence, War

userskylar's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous challenging dark sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery, Torture, Gaslighting

Moderate: Body shaming, Violence, Alcohol

Minor: Sexual content