Reviews tagging 'Animal death'

Farm der Tiere: Ein Märchen by George Orwell

358 reviews

notmykell's review against another edition

challenging dark

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Death, Violence, Murder, 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

3.0

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

grereads's review against another edition

challenging reflective slow-paced

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

3.25

The story itself was interesting and a good metaphor. That being said, Orwell's simple style really didn't do it for me. I know it's a choice motivated by the desire for everyone to be able to comprehend his works, but I like books with more beautiful complex writing. It took me so long to finish this because it just felt too boring at times. No other complaints.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Slavery, and Classism

Moderate: Grief and War

Minor: Blood and Alcohol

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

linaslittlelibrary's review against another edition

reflective

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• 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 cruelty, Animal death, Violence, and Gaslighting

nike_winter's review against another edition

reflective sad fast-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

5.0

"Le creature fuori guardarono dal maiale all'uomo, dall'uomo al maiale e di nuovo dal maiale all'uomo, ma era ormai impossibile distinguere l'uno dall'altro".

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Content Warnings

Minor: Animal cruelty and Animal death

th5's review against another edition

dark sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death

eowyn_of_anniera's review against another edition

dark informative sad fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death and Violence