Reviews tagging 'Suicidal thoughts'

Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell

133 reviews

ninajune's review against another edition

dark sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Forced institutionalization, Colonisation, and Classism

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts

kaz_brekkerrr's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

Moderate: Gore, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, and Murder

Minor: Death, Sexual violence, and War

charliecarey's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective tense medium-paced

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

3.75

idk if anyones ever said this but this was very orwellian

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Body horror, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Forced institutionalization, Kidnapping, Murder, and Gaslighting

sunflower7skull's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

4.0

i found this book really interesting. perhaps not as horrifying as i expected, but the worldbuilding was quite impressive and im glad i read it. i'd had it on my list for a long time and my favorite part of trading it was the interesting dystopian political commentary!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Death, Infidelity, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Police brutality, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, and War

Minor: Homophobia

cicizzy's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

Einen Stern müsste ich bei dieser Version allein schon wegen des Vorworts abziehen. Habecks Vorwort spoilert den Inhalt des Buches. Als Nachwort wäre es weitaus besser gewesen. 

Den Schreibstil und die Geschichte mochte ich gern. Es gab zwar auch viele Beschreibungen und wenig "zeigen" aber das hat mich nicht gestört. Christoph Maria Herbst hat das Buch einfach wunderbar vorgelesen (bis auf ein paar englische Teile, die doch sehr deutsch klangen). 
Beim Hören des Buches musste ich öfters an Edward Snowden und seine Enthüllungen, die Möglichkeiten der heutigen Technik zur Überwachung oder auch China und Nordkorea denken. Es ist schon erschreckend, wie viel ein Staat kontrollieren und wissen könnte, wenn er wollte.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Emotional abuse, and Torture

Moderate: Stalking and War

Minor: Alcoholism, Death, Infidelity, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Vomit, Alcohol, Colonisation, and Classism

mnm2003's review against another edition

dark sad slow-paced

• 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? Yes

3.25

Great start, good going, not well ending .

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Child death, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gun violence, Hate crime, Mental illness, Racism, Sexism, Sexual assault, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Police brutality, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Murder, Cultural appropriation, Abandonment, Alcohol, War, and Injury/Injury detail

jeannie_riley's review against another edition

challenging dark tense

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Gaslighting, and Alcohol

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts and Vomit

koiolee's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious reflective sad slow-paced

• 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? Yes

2.0

This was by far one of the boringest books I've ever read. It wasn't until about 60% through the book that I was actually hooked and wasn't until 80% that I started enjoying the book. Thats not to mention that the book really ended at 90% completion. So why such a high rating? It is a very intellectual book that is very influential on how we view politics. Despite how boring Winston is, he is the best narrator for this story. Just a completely average guy with very little intelligence is exactly how people need to consume a story like this. To really feel the true hopelessness of the situation, they need to see it through the eyes of the average guy who can and will always lose.
This book could have been a hundred pages shorter. The writing was so bland and atrocious it made me want to peel the vision from my brain word by word. And that is an inforgivable offense which makes me reluctant to give this book anything more than 2.5 stars.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Police brutality, Medical trauma, Gaslighting, and Colonisation

Minor: Alcoholism, Body horror, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Alcohol, and War

thehollyking's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

• 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

This book took me a long while to read, but thats more to do with my changing mood than the book itself. I'm glad I kept coming back to it.
Its a classic for a reason. It still rings true today and I don't know if thats good or scary. If you're not into politcal books, than this one won't be for you. It does get slow in places and a couple bits I had to audiobook and read along to keep me going, but its well worth it in the end. Lots to think about and to talk about afterwards. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Confinement, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Abandonment, Alcohol, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

annabel_105's review against another edition

dark reflective sad tense slow-paced

• 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Torture, and Violence

Moderate: Alcohol

Minor: Suicidal thoughts