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patchedspines's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.0
Graphic: Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Torture, Death of parent, Gaslighting, and War
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Grief, and Colonisation
Minor: Sexual content, Violence, Alcohol, and Colonisation
haiqanoor's review against another edition
Graphic: Misogyny, Sexism, and Violence
Moderate: Body shaming, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and War
Minor: Emotional abuse, Genocide, Torture, Death of parent, Colonisation, and Classism
artmuseam's review against another edition
- 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
4.0
Graphic: Death, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: War
Minor: Sexual content and Colonisation
castle_samj's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
2.5
I think I’m disappointed. I had long expected this book to contain some more SCIENCE to its -fiction, yet mostly it dealt with drama and confusing or blurring the lines of reality. I’d wager this was more intended as a political protest and warning tragedy of the existing world governments in the 1940s than a prediction of what was to come. While a lot of the meta-content has, in fact, evolved to become true, it equally mispredicted some changes, lending to its true purpose of protest.
I can not recommend reading this book. Read a synopsis or something, or read Part 2 Chapter 09 and nothing else. I’m not even sure if Orwell was antisemitic by making the ‘villain’ be Jewish (
Graphic: Addiction, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Self harm, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Police brutality, Kidnapping, Murder, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Colonisation, War, and Classism
Moderate: Addiction and Alcohol
Minor: Antisemitism, Grief, and Cultural appropriation
knjelite's review against another edition
- 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
5.0
Graphic: Alcoholism, Body shaming, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Torture, Forced institutionalization, Alcohol, and Colonisation
beth_48's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Hate crime, War, and Classism
Moderate: Racism, Sexual content, Suicide, Torture, Police brutality, Alcohol, and Colonisation
tkivinen's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.5
Moderate: Alcoholism, Death, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Police brutality, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Colonisation, and War
Minor: Homophobia, Infertility, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Death of parent
dangerousmindsbook's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Confinement, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Racism, Violence, Cultural appropriation, Colonisation, and Classism
leeyongjin's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
Graphic: Torture and Gaslighting
Moderate: Confinement, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Forced institutionalization, Police brutality, Kidnapping, Colonisation, War, and Classism
Minor: Body shaming and Death
readerorwateva's review against another edition
- 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? It's complicated
4.0
Graphic: Confinement, Misogyny, Torture, Violence, Death of parent, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism
Minor: Racial slurs, Rape, Sexual content, Slavery, Vomit, and War