Reviews tagging 'Violence'

Loomade farm. 1984 by George Orwell

4 reviews

wickedgrumpy's review against another edition

challenging dark sad tense medium-paced

4.0

Sometimes you read depressing stuff and appreciate it for what it says about the world even if you disliked the experience.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body shaming, Bullying, Death, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Racism, Self harm, Slavery, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Excrement, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, Cultural appropriation, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

muriel__my's review against another edition

dark reflective medium-paced

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

4.25

Very challenging reading both Animal farm and 1984. They both touch topics like political oppression, dictatorship in a future (kind of realistic) world. Even though these both works are criticizing socialism and the Sovietic Union, I prefer to see it more as a criticism to the repetitive cycle we, humans part of a society, repeat every time we "look for" a change in the social order. So dark, I liked seeing a different point of view of our society and our behaviour as beings part of it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Physical abuse, Slavery, Torture, and Forced institutionalization

Moderate: Body horror, Violence, War, and Classism

msrandomstuff_01's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

About "Animal Farm": I was in shock after reading the last sentence of the book, not gonna lie. Amazing. Read it in one day. 

About "1984": There is only one chapter that I find a bit boring, but I'm still gonna go back and read it again. Also, never felt more strong emotions (not gonna say which one, cause it may be a soft spoiler) while reading a book then after reading this. Specially the 3rd part. My heart stopped beating for some times there. Again, amazing last line. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Medical trauma, Murder, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Alcohol and War

Minor: Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Vomit, and Stalking

amurray's review against another edition

slow-paced

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

1.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Homophobia, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Police brutality, Antisemitism, War, and Injury/Injury detail