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A review by pinkxxxunicorn
Animal Farm by George Orwell
4.0
i actually really enjoyed the book? i'd been tiptoeing around it ever since we watched parts of the movie at some point in english class and i can still recall how upset i was how snowball was treated back then and how much i hated napoleon. ofc, i didn't realize back then that it was a political statement and the whole thing was about the udssr.
this time, i had a much more critical approach to it simply because i knew it wasn't just a story but rather a critic of russian communism. usually, i'm not the person who goes for political books but as this is a classic and i want to read less trash, i gave it a try. and tbh i'm glad i did? i absolutely adored the writing style in this book - if i remember correctly, i freaking hated 1984 or maybe i'm mixing it up with brave new world - and got quite emotionally invested despite knowing that the characters were simply symbols for various archetypes of people. it made me so freaking mad how the animals were too stupid to see that they were simply being manipulated and how they bought everything their authority figures told them. which i guess is the point of the book, but at the same time, i didn't expect it to catch me like that.
so if you wanna start reading more classics, i can definitely recommend starting with this one as it's a quick and easy read that'll get you thinking while still getting you emotionally involved with the book.
this time, i had a much more critical approach to it simply because i knew it wasn't just a story but rather a critic of russian communism. usually, i'm not the person who goes for political books but as this is a classic and i want to read less trash, i gave it a try. and tbh i'm glad i did? i absolutely adored the writing style in this book - if i remember correctly, i freaking hated 1984 or maybe i'm mixing it up with brave new world - and got quite emotionally invested despite knowing that the characters were simply symbols for various archetypes of people. it made me so freaking mad how the animals were too stupid to see that they were simply being manipulated and how they bought everything their authority figures told them. which i guess is the point of the book, but at the same time, i didn't expect it to catch me like that.
so if you wanna start reading more classics, i can definitely recommend starting with this one as it's a quick and easy read that'll get you thinking while still getting you emotionally involved with the book.