Reviews with content warning for Suicidal thoughts - 1984

Reviews tagging 'Suicidal thoughts'

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

199 reviews

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

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.

Content Warnings

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

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.

Content Warnings

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

Content Warnings

suzette03's review against another edition

4.5

mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Content Warnings

halflingnana's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark informative sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Content Warnings

matty_joe319's review against another edition

4.5

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

When I read this book in high-school it was - I'll be honest - a bit of a snooze-fest. I don't know whether that's the format or the fact that it was in school or the fact that I was a 17-year-old whose brain hadn't finished developing yet. But good god - the format of this elevates the story so well, adding to the intensity while still honoring the actual content and commentary. The actors are of course phenomenal, but what really blew me away was the sound design. What can be a very technical and sometimes overly intellectual book becomes extremely visceral and immersive, turning a dystopian novel into something that felt more like horror. There are definitely some passages that wax poetic for a while, and some philosophizing moments that drag a bit, but that was a complaint I had of the original book just as much, if not more. Overall, such a cool format, such an excellently produced adaptation - from performances to production - and such a unique experience.

Content Warnings

himpersonal's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional sad 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

Earlier this year, I read Sandra Newman's Julia, and I recently reread my review. It said I didn't like 1984, but I couldn't remember why. So I reread 1984, and now I realize I need to reread Julia to give it a fairer assessment, especially because in rereading 1984, I realized what I really disliked about the book was only Winston. Even before he's subjected to Big Brother, he thinks he's a good and strong human, but really, he is weak and horrid. I hated his admission to Julia of what he thought of her and wanted to do to her before they actually met (made me wish he would be the victim of those very sentiments). I hated that all it took were a few words from Julia for him to puff himself up into who he thought he was and what he thought he deserved.

Other than Winston, I enjoyed the book. Winston's treatment by Big Brother reminded me a bit of Nurse Ratched's torture of Mack in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest.

This book feels like the blueprint for Project 2025. Someday, I'd love to meet one of the Project 2025 architects and get an honest take on how they came to put it together. I would bet my most beloved possession that 1984 heavily influenced their strategy. The thing is, a lot of what's in the book has already proven true or been attempted (e.g., during the Japanese occupation in Korea, Koreans were prohibited from speaking Korean - all language was controlled in an attempt to break the Korean spirit). So they've got plenty of historical evidence of what was effective and what can be reinstated or revisioned. Scary times! Feels like I need to reread Animal Farm too now.

Content Warnings

bookzplz's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

bruh. more books need to be done like this.

Content Warnings

ccoral's review against another edition

4.25

challenging dark emotional inspiring 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

I read this book for my EPQ to look at herd mentality. It is a fascinating depiction of how information can be manipulated to serve someone, especially the leader’s purposes, and the acceptance and even belief of this new truth by the masses. Even those who are in the Party, many of whom participate in this editing of information, succumb to wholly believing it, to the point of emotional connection, seen in the Two Minutes Hate.

However, I did not appreciate the sexual content so would warn a reader of this. It is shown to be rebellion against the Party,

as one of the main ways the Party controls people is through sex, since sex is never for pleasure but for reproduction,

but even so almost stopped reading due to it.

It is a sobering read, so I would recommend having that in mind. Not really an escapism novel to take your mind off reality- in fact it actually makes your more conscious of it in some ways. Honestly an invaluable read. Now I know why people say you should read it at least once in your lifetime.

Content Warnings

jensimmonds's review against another edition

4.0

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

Content Warnings

More...