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Animal Farm

George Orwell

3.92 AVERAGE

noahgorm24's review against another edition

4.75

challenging dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

haileyprice's review against another edition

4.5

I read this in high school and remember really liking it. I vaguely remembered the plot and I thought the social/political commentary was very interesting. After rereading this (in America) in 2025, it is certainly a MUCH more disturbing read. Still well written nonetheless. I hope high schools and still reading and talking about this book. Even though it probably would go over a LOT of heads unfortunately.

caulittleworld's review against another edition

3.5

reflective fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: N/A

Loveable characters: N/A

Diverse cast of characters: N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus: N/A

oona6's review against another edition

3.5

lighthearted reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

stevemaycock's review against another edition

4.0

dark 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

The "childrens story" tone and using animals is a brilliant writing method for this extremely dark and unsettling and haunting allegory to (and history of) very real political systems and class discussions in our own world.
"All animals are equal but some animals are more equal than others"