Reviews tagging 'Alcohol'

Animal Farm by George Orwell

109 reviews

emmagreenwood's review against another edition

challenging dark tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Murder, Gaslighting, Alcohol, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

brassnbooks's review against another edition

dark reflective sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Honestly one of my favorite books of all time
It's dark and even though I know what's gonna happen I still get really into the reading
The ending is perfect as well

just how the pigs have slowly been becoming human and nothing had ever changed amoungst the various ways they manipulated everyone's memories and lack of ability to read etc

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Violence

Moderate: Death and Gaslighting

Minor: Alcoholism and Alcohol

marinasslibrary's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

It is pretty clear from the beginning, due to the time this book was written and the storyline, that this book is a single metaphor thematisizing WW2, especially the russian side (communism, UDSSR). However I did really enjoy reading it and symphazising with some of the animals on the farm. 
Of course you can never compare a classic like this to modern literature and I never will. I think classics should always be viewed and reviewed in context of the time they were written in. 
And for the 1940s George Orwell did really create a lovely book adressing and discussing some struggles and problems faced during the time of WW2. Through which the readers are fronted with current problems in a beautiffuly written and tragic story about a small farm rebelling against the rest of the world. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Gun violence, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Alcohol, and War

alessiareads's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

I loved how this book perfectly described a whole history lesson with some pigs and horses. It’s really freakin’ genius. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Slavery, and Violence

Moderate: Death and Gaslighting

Minor: Alcoholism, Suicide, and Alcohol

myriam_almonti's review against another edition

informative reflective sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Racial slurs, Slavery, Suicide, Violence, Police brutality, Suicide attempt, Murder, and Classism

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Mass/school shootings, Murder, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

sarahna's review against another edition

challenging medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Alcohol, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

kashby's review against another edition

informative fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Gore, Gun violence, Slavery, Violence, Murder, and Alcohol

Minor: Death, Fatphobia, and Cannibalism

theslowreadernumber5's review against another edition

informative reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? N/A
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

3.25

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Content Warnings

Minor: Animal death, Death, Kidnapping, Alcohol, and War

solouncapitulomas's review against another edition

dark informative reflective tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

“Man is the only real enemy we have. Remove Man from the scene, and the root cause of hunger and overwork is abolished forever.” 

yeah, right

boxer deserved better!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Violence

Moderate: Death, Slavery, and Gaslighting

Minor: Alcoholism, Suicide, and Alcohol

ellia's review against another edition

dark informative reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

if i didn’t have to read it for school it may have been more enjoyable but i did enjoy it being an allegory because it was an easier way to understand and learn about a challenging topic but the movie my teacher put on was awful it was just oinking and animal noises the whole time

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Slavery, Alcohol, and War

Minor: Alcoholism