Reviews tagging 'Animal cruelty'

Farm der Tiere: Ein Märchen by George Orwell

286 reviews

sbgage's review against another edition

dark sad 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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting

Moderate: Animal cruelty and Physical abuse

Minor: Violence

warshadowml's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective 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? It's complicated

5.0

Hasse Napoleon!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death

Minor: Animal cruelty, Gaslighting, Alcohol, and Classism

dkamada's review against another edition

reflective fast-paced

• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Gun violence, Slavery, Suicide, Gaslighting, Alcohol, War, and Classism

orangeowl55's review against another edition

challenging reflective sad fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Ableism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Death

weirdalchemist's review against another edition

dark reflective medium-paced

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

4.0

Re-read this novella after not finishing it the first time, short read and highly recommend. 

Spoilers from this point onwards:

People seem to forget that Snowball was not a perfect pig either, not to say that Napoleon was a saint obviously but Snowball didn’t say anything when the wind-fallen apples were added to their meals, and as the milk from the cows disappeared he didnt take up any issue with it. although he was far better than Napoleon he was still a pig.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Gun violence, Violence, Murder, and Gaslighting

ankita1996's review against another edition

challenging dark informative medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Gaslighting, and Classism

macliffe's review against another edition

dark sad tense fast-paced

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

3.5

I didn’t always love reading it, but I’m glad I read it because of all that it made me think about and its impact on culture. Truly an educational novella. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Slavery, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Alcohol, and Classism

Moderate: Gun violence, Violence, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Suicide

willgilmore_87's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Classism

quotablehedgehog's review against another edition

dark informative reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery, Violence, Police brutality, Murder, Gaslighting, and Classism

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Racism, Violence, Xenophobia, Alcohol, and War

Minor: Ableism, Blood, Excrement, Medical content, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

kirsten_shergold's review against another edition

dark reflective fast-paced

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

5.0

I am not someone who belives reading classics makes you any better than anyone else, But I do belive there is a clasic out there for everyone.

I have had this book on my TBR for so long and have been putting it off because it is a classic. But if I could give this book 6 stars I would.

I think reading this 70 years after it was originally published gives us a lot more insight into the time that 'animal farm' was being written.

The continuos theme of things secretly changing, the main one being the 7 comanments going from things like - no animal may drink to no animal may drink in excess 

'No animal in England knows the meaning of happiness or leisure'

'All the habits of Man are evil.' 

'THE SEVEN COMMANDMENTS 1. Whatever goes upon two legs is an enemy. 2. Whatever goes upon four legs, or has wings, is a friend. 3. No animal shall wear clothes. 4. No animal shall sleep in a bed. 5. No animal shall drink alcohol. 6. No animal shall kill any other animal. 7. All animals are equal.'

'ALL ANIMALS ARE EQUAL BUT SOME ANIMALS ARE MORE EQUAL THAN OTHERS'

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Content Warnings

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