A review by friendly_neighborhood_grandma
Animal Farm by George Orwell

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

2.0

I will start by saying that dystopian is not my thing. This book was very frustrating. So much death and stupidity and manipulatio and gaslighting. I understand that this is the point. But I still hate it. I understand why it was written, I respect the bluntness and simplicity in which this book presents itself. I did not believe it. It felt like the author had notes of which character was which and a layout of the world but i could not see it in my head. There are so many names and it’s confusing. This was definitly not for me. I understand and respect parts of it, but some parts are aggravating.

It definitly shows Comunism and class in a very blunt and simple way.

The last third of the book was very good. It made me feel helpless and speachless. It also made me think about the past, what was burried in time, hidden from us. (This is probably the reason why this is a classic because I definetly did not connect to the first 2/3ds of the book. That’s like 80 pages…)
The end left me with a terrible feeling.
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