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1984 by George Orwell

39 reviews

sunshinesyst3m's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

I’m very glad I picked up the audiobook, I’ve tried to read classics before but struggled to because the style they’re written in is hard for me to get into. Listening to it was much better though and I’ll have to do that for other classics I’ve been meaning to read. 

I’ve much enjoyed listening to this book and it made me think a lot about what the government in this book and the government for the country I live in have in common (a decent amount it seems, which isn’t a good look haha). The ending wasn’t exactly what I had hoped for but the book is meant to be realistic, so I do suppose the ending does make sense. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Torture, and War

Moderate: Genocide, Homophobia, Infertility, Racism, Rape, Transphobia, Forced institutionalization, Xenophobia, Police brutality, Antisemitism, Medical trauma, and Lesbophobia

Minor: Drug use

eeeeeli_is_probably_lonely's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Physical abuse, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Police brutality, Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Alcoholism, Body horror, Slavery, Suicide, Alcohol, and War

izzydelaya's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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: Suicidal thoughts, Torture, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Alcoholism, Body shaming, Chronic illness, Cursing, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Sexual violence, Violence, Stalking, Murder, Abandonment, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Minor: Child death, Genocide, Infidelity, Slavery, Antisemitism, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, and Colonisation

_quinnsreads's review against another edition

challenging dark informative sad tense fast-paced

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

4.75

This is probably the book with the saddest ending I've read. Very morbid, the plot might be a pseudoscientific/fictional as of now. But it's slowly happening already.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Confinement, Genocide, Sexual content, Forced institutionalization, and War

ellythequeen's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

3.0

Firstly, this book is overrated. I'm not saying it's bad by any means, it's just not as insightful as one would expect. I'm must warn you this book is disturbing. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Violence, Blood, Vomit, and War

meganpbennett's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark sad tense slow-paced

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

5.0

1984 is George Orwell's dystopian look at the future. Dystopias are drawn from the present, taking one or two things that are and exaggerate them until they become what could be. Some are more accurate than others, and the more accurate a dystopia, the scarier it tends to be, The surveillance state coming out of the Second World War and the Red Scare of the Cold War, all lead into the Telescreens, the retconning of history, Thought Police and Big Brother. 

1984 is a terrifying look at what could be. It was also not intended to be an instruction manual, but a look at what happens when things are taken far, far, far too far. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Body horror, Bullying, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Infidelity, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Police brutality, Medical content, Grief, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Murder, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Excrement and Vomit

jenna_justi2004's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark informative sad tense slow-paced

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

2.0

Not gonna lie I want to take my eyeballs out and eat them. This shit was so horrifying I can’t even fathom a world like this. But at the same time I see the similarities on how it is today. Not to that extent but enough. And it’s very scary. I didn’t like the book at all but I get the message and I will never ever be reading anything by this man unless I want to unalive myself. I literally have no happiness currently so. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Infertility, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Excrement, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, Cultural appropriation, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, Colonisation, War, and Classism

amandas_bookshelf's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Physical abuse, Torture, Forced institutionalization, Police brutality, Murder, Gaslighting, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Alcohol

pranati_pathak05's review against another edition

challenging dark informative mysterious tense medium-paced

• 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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Genocide, Hate crime, Homophobia, Racism, Sexual content, Slavery, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Xenophobia, Excrement, Vomit, Police brutality, Trafficking, Toxic friendship, Colonisation, and War

em_k714's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

2.0

there was some racism in this book as well as the blatant sexism and sexual objectification of women. also, there were unfortunately no likeable characters anywhere to be found

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Racism, Torture, Violence, and Forced institutionalization