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Animal Farm by George Orwell

10 reviews

lorraine19's review

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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

5.0

Like all of Orwell's books, it's dark and tense. Definitely not the book to read if you're looking for a feels good. It's definitely a classic for a reason and an easier read than 1984. Short and face paced but gets right to the point and is easy to understand. It will definitely leave you frustrated and feeling sad/angry as is the point. Might have to make sure you are in the right mindset when reading it but it is definitely one everyone should read at least once. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder, Violence, Animal death, Classism, and Animal cruelty

Moderate: Blood, Emotional abuse, Grief, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Body horror, Slavery, Bullying, Gore, Alcohol, and Toxic friendship

Although it is in allegory, the violence and death in this book can be graphic - especially if you're sensitive to animal death

elizabeth_1111's review

adventurous challenging informative reflective sad fast-paced

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

5.0

The best book i ever read.This changed my perspective on literature, it really showed me the thing you can do with a book! The allegory WOWED me!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Gore, War, Blood, Bullying, Confinement, Death, Murder, Toxic friendship, Violence, Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Classism, Gaslighting, Animal death, and Excrement

artiiichoke's review

dark reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.0

• pretty enjoyable to read, sometimes i forgot which animals were who but that was more on me than the book
• i’d read it again and definitely annotate next time 
• interesting connections to communism and capitalism especially with the themes and ideas centralised around the cold war and west vs east ideologies (USA/USSR)  
• i would’ve LOVED to read this in school it would’ve been way more enjoyable compared to anything we were given 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Bullying, Classism, and Violence

Moderate: Animal death, Death, Slavery, Gaslighting, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Gun violence

rushh's review

adventurous dark funny informative reflective fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism

Moderate: Animal death, Animal cruelty, and Bullying

thechocolatefinger's review against another edition

challenging funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Gaslighting, and Murder

Moderate: Alcohol, Violence, Slavery, and Confinement

Minor: Gun violence, Bullying, Physical abuse, and Kidnapping

tigeryear's review

dark reflective sad fast-paced

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

3.5

books that make you feel like a broken-down horse. or perhaps a nihilistic ass.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Gun violence, Slavery, Violence, Death, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, and Bullying

Moderate: Ableism and Torture

Minor: Alcohol and Murder

emmagreenwood's review against another edition

challenging dark tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Physical abuse, Slavery, Torture, War, Violence, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Classism, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, and Forced institutionalization

haylethal's review against another edition

challenging dark informative reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Violence, War, Bullying, Classism, Death, and Murder

remy_licked_my_book's review against another edition

adventurous dark lighthearted reflective medium-paced

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

4.0

This book ended much better than I expected. I was not very invested in the premise of the book until 70 pages in when it started to peak my interest. I was able to draw a lot of parallels between the classism of this book and a certain pig faced president who was recently voted out of office. Very scary that this book was written so long ago and yet we continue to repeat history. Overall I think it's a book that everyone should read, but it's not my favourite.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Emotional abuse, and Forced institutionalization

foreverinastory's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

2.0

Animal Farm is an allegory about farm animals that rise up and take over their farm. At first, the animals all work for themselves and to better their lives, but quickly things start to devolve.

I don't think I'd say this was an enjoyable story, but it is very interesting. It also has a good lesson and an anti-rich message. I also think it's fascinating how one can alter a story of a being after they have left like in the case of Snowball. Overall, this book is useful and can probably be a great teaching aid (though I don't remember what we did with it when I was in high school).

CWs: Animal Death, Animal cruelty, violence, gaslighting, death, murder, slavery, classism, blood, gun violence, alcohol consumption, injury/injury detail, alcoholism, confinement, emotional abuse, gore, bullying. Moderate: War. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery, Classism, Injury/Injury detail, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Confinement, Murder, Gun violence, Death, Animal death, Violence, Blood, Emotional abuse, Gore, and Bullying

Moderate: War