Reviews tagging 'Physical abuse'

1984 by George Orwell

157 reviews

oystersauce's review against another edition

dark reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Physical abuse, and Violence

Moderate: Sexual content and War

Minor: Rape

yzer2468's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Death, Gore, Torture, Confinement, Police brutality, Genocide, Violence, Physical abuse, Murder, Kidnapping, and Gun violence

Moderate: Body horror and Blood

Minor: Abandonment

viviankeithley's review against another edition

dark informative mysterious reflective tense fast-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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Injury/Injury detail, Torture, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Kidnapping, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Blood, Classism, Vomit, War, Death, and Death of parent

Minor: Cursing, Excrement, Murder, and Sexual content

bailie_leandi_'s review against another edition

challenging emotional sad tense medium-paced

• 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Physical abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Vomit, Kidnapping, and War

noi_izora's review against another edition

dark emotional sad 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

0.5

It caused my OCD/anxiety to spike because the sad truth about this book is that we are slowly reaching the reality of events in the book into modern society. There are no heroic or super action-based moments, besides

Torture

If you have anxiety that can easily be heightened, I do NOT recommend reading.  
If you do read please remember that this book is a warning. NOT a guide! It is creepy how similar the world of the book and reality are. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Physical abuse, Rape, Police brutality, Torture, Suicidal thoughts, and Violence

Moderate: Confinement, Alcohol, and Body horror

lilcarol's review against another edition

dark reflective sad 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Torture, and Violence

Moderate: Rape and Suicidal thoughts

saaaam_j's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective tense medium-paced

• 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? Yes

3.0

I would have loved to have read this book when it first came out to see what my reaction would have been then compared to now. Since we are much more aware of surveillance and social conditioning, a lot of the ideas were not shocking to me. I also found the leadup to the main events drawn-out and unnecessary. What was surprising to me is how relevant many of the topics are today.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Violence, and Physical abuse

Moderate: War

venusynth's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-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? It's complicated

4.5

Two plus two actually equals four point five. Memorable and thought-provoking, but I’m not that obsessed with it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Torture, and Violence

Moderate: War and Sexual content

Minor: Rape

leeyongjin's review against another edition

dark reflective sad 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture and Gaslighting

Moderate: Physical abuse, Eating disorder, Police brutality, Kidnapping, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Classism, Colonisation, and War

Minor: Death and Body shaming

kianga_black's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative mysterious reflective tense slow-paced

• 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma, Animal cruelty, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Toxic relationship, War, Xenophobia, Sexual content, Violence, Alcoholism, Classism, Confinement, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, and Police brutality