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wun4's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Graphic: Confinement, Violence, and War
Moderate: Racism, Rape, and Antisemitism
te_ss_i's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Xenophobia, Police brutality, Antisemitism, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Colonisation, War, and Classism
_jennilein_'s review
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.0
Graphic: Alcoholism, Death, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, and Alcohol
Moderate: War
Minor: Addiction, Rape, Slavery, Blood, and Antisemitism
meesh150's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
1.0
No but in all seriousness, I do understand the political relevance but I feel like what most people fail to remember or realize is that this was written as a satirical. The world that Orwell created was definitely promising plot wise & probably even more so in the 40s/50s. But I’d say the execution wasn’t perfect or even that interesting for that matter. Maybe I’m biased because of the blatant misogyny (ie. the fact that it sounds like Orwell has never spoken to a real life woman and therefore created a ridiculous fantasy of his in the character of Julia) and seeing as I am reading this in the 21st century but I believe readers can read the introduction or a summary of this book and understand it for it’s main purpose without having to put themselves through the entirety of this book.
Hope this helps.
Graphic: Torture
Moderate: Alcoholism, Slavery, and War
Minor: Rape
aayatisbooktok's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
Graphic: Torture and Violence
Minor: Rape
misscaroline09's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
2.5
You can read a quick character overview of 3 people (Winston, Julia, and O’Brien), then skip like 18 chapters to Part 3 of the book, and probably get far more out of it than you would if you read the whole thing.
The first two parts of the book have the potential to be interesting, but then basically nothing happens for most of it and also I hate everyone. I normally like characters with their personalities, but these people are just insufferable. I tried to justify it by saying to myself, “They’re intentionally written this way in order to show how horrible the world is.” But I could only get so far with that thought process before I started to dread reading any more.
Winston straight up talks about [trigger warning, not even gonna say it] and murdering Julia numerous times, then they just laugh it off. Hullo? Also he’s just generally self righteous and spends most of his time stroking is own ego. I swear, there’s one chapter (that’s unnecessarily long) where he just reads stuff that he agrees with, then stops and goes, “Hm, I’m so smart!” then continues reading, like BRUV. PLEASE. Also that chapter is basically a book inside a book, author, why T-T
Julia’s whole character is very “r/MenWritingWomen.” She has no character of her own really, she’s just a body for him to sleep with and a manic pixie dream girl.
O’Brien is the only character I actually found enjoyable. He makes you both comfortable and fearful at the same time. 10/10, I appreciated how he was written.
There were things about this book I did like, and even things about the characters I was into, but they were so few and far between that by the time I got to part 3, I wanted to pry my eyes out. Thankfully, at that point, things started to pick up and the author finally said what he wanted to say. If I ever read this again (unlikely), I’m just gonna skip to the end and I recommend you do the same.
Graphic: Torture and Violence
Moderate: Sexual content
Minor: Rape and Sexual violence
saraverboom'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
4.5
Thank you for reading this somewhat messy and very lengthy review. Do let me know if you agree with me or if you have a different opinion. Like I said: I'm in need of a good discussion about this book!
Graphic: Misogyny, Sexism, Torture, and Classism
Minor: Rape, Sexual violence, Violence, and War
aude's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Graphic: Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Police brutality, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Confinement, Sexual content, Alcohol, and War
Minor: Racial slurs and Rape
ataraxie's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.75
Moderate: Racism
Minor: Rape
andoriachan'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
3.5
Graphic: Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Torture
Moderate: Sexual content and Violence
Minor: Misogyny