Reviews tagging 'Forced institutionalization'

Animal Farm by George Orwell

9 reviews

vibingjaren's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark tense fast-paced

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

3.25

It was an okay book. I had to read it for a class, but it did have me interested at some parts. Wish the ending was more exciting, but the ending makes sense for the story. Boxer deserved better.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Emotional abuse, Slavery, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Police brutality, Murder, and Classism

Moderate: Alcoholism, Bullying, Gun violence, Medical content, Medical trauma, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Addiction

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

razzledazzlez's review against another edition

dark informative fast-paced

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

4.0

last line stopped me in my tracks, thought about this book for a while..

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Slavery, and Forced institutionalization

Moderate: Animal death and Violence

Minor: Alcohol and War

aliciapiron's review against another edition

adventurous funny reflective medium-paced

• 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Physical abuse, Slavery, Violence, Forced institutionalization, and War

satuhurme's review against another edition

challenging reflective sad fast-paced

• 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

3.25

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Content Warnings

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

tobi_bee_5802's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective fast-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? It's complicated

5.0

This is probably my favourite book of all time. I have only read it twice so far and I can’t stop thinking about it. 
Small Spoiler Below

As a part of my grade 12 politics class, we watched a series of lectures called ‘The American Paradox’ by Heather Cox Richardson and it’s available free on youtube, and essentially it was american equality is based on inequality and the fear the becoming equal will make everything unequal. I though about this when I reached the ‘All animals are equal but some are more equal than other’ line and holy shit. (That was the series thesis and I read animal farm after that)

I loved the writing style and after I started reading I just kept reading. It also has a great audiobook version on spotify. I highly recommend this book to everyone. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Murder, Gaslighting, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Alcohol

emmagreenwood's review against another edition

challenging dark tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Murder, Gaslighting, Alcohol, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

marinasslibrary's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense medium-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? No

3.0

It is pretty clear from the beginning, due to the time this book was written and the storyline, that this book is a single metaphor thematisizing WW2, especially the russian side (communism, UDSSR). However I did really enjoy reading it and symphazising with some of the animals on the farm. 
Of course you can never compare a classic like this to modern literature and I never will. I think classics should always be viewed and reviewed in context of the time they were written in. 
And for the 1940s George Orwell did really create a lovely book adressing and discussing some struggles and problems faced during the time of WW2. Through which the readers are fronted with current problems in a beautiffuly written and tragic story about a small farm rebelling against the rest of the world. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Gun violence, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Alcohol, and War

remy_licked_my_book's review against another edition

adventurous dark lighthearted reflective medium-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? Yes

4.0

This book ended much better than I expected. I was not very invested in the premise of the book until 70 pages in when it started to peak my interest. I was able to draw a lot of parallels between the classism of this book and a certain pig faced president who was recently voted out of office. Very scary that this book was written so long ago and yet we continue to repeat history. Overall I think it's a book that everyone should read, but it's not my favourite.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Emotional abuse, and Forced institutionalization