Reviews tagging 'Police brutality'

Animal Farm by George Orwell

6 reviews

nagaakil's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense slow-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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Gaslighting, Physical abuse, Domestic abuse, Police brutality, Slavery, and Torture

peachythi_books's review

challenging dark informative reflective tense medium-paced

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

3.5

I read this for school but I ended up being pleasantly surprised by the the interpretation of the Russian Civil War in this book. Although some of his allegories were on the nose I think that made it much more digestible for a political satire story typically read by young readers.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Animal death

Moderate: Violence and Police brutality

sinnabeanz's review against another edition

dark emotional informative reflective sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death and Animal cruelty

Moderate: War, Police brutality, Death, and Violence

Minor: Gun violence, Racism, Slavery, and Suicide

terrywho's review

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

This is one of the best books on authoritarianism ever written and one of my favorite novels for a reason

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Animal death, Violence, Racism, Gaslighting, Animal cruelty, Xenophobia, War, Police brutality, and Murder

this is a book about WWII, so... all that...

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

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

f18's review against another edition

dark reflective tense fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Animal death, Police brutality, and Death

Moderate: Animal cruelty and War

Minor: Alcohol, Religious bigotry, Gun violence, and Injury/Injury detail