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therealratking's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
2.0
Graphic: Sexism, Torture, Violence, Blood, and Classism
Moderate: Alcoholism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Alcohol, and War
kittygracex07's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Confinement, Torture, Violence, Police brutality, and Gaslighting
Moderate: Alcoholism, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Xenophobia, War, and Classism
Minor: Misogyny, Rape, and Death of parent
leeyongjin's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
Graphic: Torture and Gaslighting
Moderate: Confinement, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Forced institutionalization, Police brutality, Kidnapping, Colonisation, War, and Classism
Minor: Body shaming and Death
kia_y_k's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Confinement, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Xenophobia, Police brutality, Medical content, Medical trauma, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism
sp0okysandwich's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Confinement, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Hate crime, Sexual content, Torture, Forced institutionalization, Police brutality, Murder, Gaslighting, Alcohol, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism
thecheshire_cat's review against another edition
2.5
Graphic: Bullying, Confinement, Hate crime, Violence, Forced institutionalization, and Classism
Moderate: Rape and Sexual content
jana07's review against another edition
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
3.5
Graphic: Classism
Moderate: Suicidal thoughts and Alcohol
Minor: Sexual content and Antisemitism
phantomgecko's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
A book I'd recommend to everyone, but I didn't necessarily like it. Like, the ideas presented are thought provoking. I mean, there's literally two chapters of an anti-totalitarianism manifesto, which isn't thrilling reading.
All in all, it's depressing that such a bleak prediction of the future rings true today. I mean, obvs, it's not spot on, and I disagree with bits. But like...it sure feels familiar.
Moderate: Confinement, Torture, Police brutality, Gaslighting, War, and Classism
ferdie's review against another edition
- 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
4.0
Graphic: Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Torture, Forced institutionalization, Police brutality, Gaslighting, Dysphoria, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism
Moderate: Confinement, Death, Grief, and Death of parent
cowardlyteaman's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Winston would randomly get this urge to either rape or kill people who did nothing else but exist in his presence. It was tiring, not thought-provoking. I liked him much better in part three of the book, though! Ironically enough, maybe, but his whole character during part one and two was being a pig. That was completely out of focus during part three! Splendid.
Julia should have been removed entirely. I didn't like her in the beginning, and I didn't like her at the end. Her whole character was having sex and saying foul things. If you try too hard to make a character who's supposed to be controversial and rebellious, you end up with a character I only want to die in a pit.
O'Brien.🫶 He saved the book, to be honest. I genuinely believe that this book would have been 5 stars for me if Orwell had removed Julia and spent more time building on Winston and O'Brien's relationship instead.
All in all, I do believe that this book was worth it. I read it for history, and during the first half, I thought of this book as complete and utter bullshit. But at least I came to like it—really like it towards the end.
Graphic: Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Confinement, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Alcohol, and Classism
Moderate: Body horror, Child death, Fatphobia, Racism, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Xenophobia, Antisemitism, Death of parent, and Abandonment