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brethetech'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
2.5
At several points it felt like I just had to get through it to keep my promise to myself that I would read at least one classic this year.
The pacing was nice it skipped large swaths of time and lingered in moments but it always felt right.
But I was never attached to the main character, or any character at all, I didn’t learn anything, and I wasn’t entertained for more then a brief 50 or so pages where I wanted to know what would happen next.
If you want to read this for antiauthoritarianism, or because it’s a dystopia there are better picks nowadays that are both going to be more interesting and dive deeper into the topic. And in fact that is my main gripe with this that the facts that it presents are not novel to me, and it just keeps hammering them in instead of going deeper. I know they were novel at the time and even perhaps for a while after, or to a specific audience where this is a new topic but not to me, or probably anybody interested in reading books on this topic today.
Or maybe I’m just stupid and am missing something idk.
Graphic: Torture, Violence, and Xenophobia
Moderate: Suicide, War, and Classism
Minor: Sexual assault and Vomit
lotta_8's review against another edition
- 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? It's complicated
4.0
Graphic: Emotional abuse, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Police brutality, and Gaslighting
meant2breading'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? Yes
3.5
While I think everyone should read 1984, I don’t think this book is FOR everyone. For example, I recently saw someone on social media say that a clear parallel in Oceanian society to today’s society is the rise of feminism…🥴 Not for everyone in that it may require some logic to make some of the more prominent connections that Orwell likely intended. 🤭
Also, may not be for everyone as it’s quite dark. Strongly recommend to check trigger warnings. That ending sure had an impact.
Graphic: Torture, Violence, and Forced institutionalization
Moderate: Death and Sexism
Minor: Rape, Suicide, and War
els4lp's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: War
Moderate: Death, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, and Alcohol
Minor: Slavery, Suicide, and Vomit
brigg_sy's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Torture, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, and War
Moderate: Misogyny, Physical abuse, Suicide, Violence, Stalking, and Alcohol
Minor: Rape
cicizzy's review against another edition
- 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
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.
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
- 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
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
diothyst'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
5.0
Graphic: Torture
Minor: Suicide
amaranth_wytch's review against another edition
3.75
Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Death, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Police brutality, Gaslighting, Alcohol, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism
Moderate: Alcoholism, Child death, Vomit, Grief, and Death of parent
Minor: Suicide
chain's review against another edition
- 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? No
4.0
Graphic: Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Torture, and Gaslighting
Moderate: Child death, Death, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Sexual content, Slavery, Antisemitism, Death of parent, Alcohol, War, Classism, and Deportation
Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Infertility, Rape, and Suicide