Reviews tagging 'Police brutality'

1984 by George Orwell

159 reviews

mnm2003's review against another edition

dark sad slow-paced

• 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? Yes

3.25

Great start, good going, not well ending .

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Child death, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gun violence, Hate crime, Mental illness, Racism, Sexism, Sexual assault, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Police brutality, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Murder, Cultural appropriation, Abandonment, Alcohol, War, and Injury/Injury detail

magdalenna's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Homophobia, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Torture, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Vomit, Police brutality, Kidnapping, Murder, Gaslighting, and War

_sin's review against another edition

dark reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated

4.25

eerily disturbing in the second half of the book.
forces you to reflect ovrr your thoughts and horror of dictatorship.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Violence, Police brutality, Medical trauma, and War

koiolee's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious reflective sad slow-paced

• 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? Yes

2.0

This was by far one of the boringest books I've ever read. It wasn't until about 60% through the book that I was actually hooked and wasn't until 80% that I started enjoying the book. Thats not to mention that the book really ended at 90% completion. So why such a high rating? It is a very intellectual book that is very influential on how we view politics. Despite how boring Winston is, he is the best narrator for this story. Just a completely average guy with very little intelligence is exactly how people need to consume a story like this. To really feel the true hopelessness of the situation, they need to see it through the eyes of the average guy who can and will always lose.
This book could have been a hundred pages shorter. The writing was so bland and atrocious it made me want to peel the vision from my brain word by word. And that is an inforgivable offense which makes me reluctant to give this book anything more than 2.5 stars.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Police brutality, Medical trauma, Gaslighting, and Colonisation

Minor: Alcoholism, Body horror, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Alcohol, and War

amaranth_wytch's review against another edition

challenging tense slow-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Death, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Police brutality, Gaslighting, Alcohol, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Alcoholism, Child death, Vomit, Grief, and Death of parent

Minor: Suicide

glossy's review against another edition

challenging dark sad medium-paced

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

4.75

It's a classic for a reason. It will definitely give you a lot of food for thought. I tried reading it in my late teens or early twenties and I couldn't grasp it. 10 or so years later it's hitting me really hard. I guess you need to be in a certain state of mind or mature enough to understand it. I think this book is relevant today and will be for a long time.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Vomit, and Police brutality

Moderate: Hate crime, Forced institutionalization, Xenophobia, and War

emmagreenwood's review against another edition

challenging dark medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Police brutality, Kidnapping, Stalking, Murder, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

meglic's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective sad tense slow-paced

• 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Forced institutionalization, and Xenophobia

Moderate: Homophobia, Mental illness, Police brutality, Antisemitism, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Gaslighting, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Minor: Child death, Infertility, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, War, and Deportation

lilybarna's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

Such a powerful read, and a classic that is still highly readable and applicable to the world today.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Xenophobia, Police brutality, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Rape

ggcd1981's review against another edition

dark reflective tense slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Infidelity, Mental illness, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Classism

Moderate: Body horror, Chronic illness, Death, Sexual content, Slavery, Police brutality, Grief, Murder, and War

Minor: Gun violence and Rape