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rachaelcwilson's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Graphic: Animal cruelty and Animal death
Moderate: Slavery and Blood
rory_john14's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- 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
2.5
Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Gun violence, Violence, Grief, Gaslighting, and Alcohol
Moderate: Physical abuse, Slavery, Blood, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism
Minor: Child death, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Gore, Hate crime, Infidelity, Medical content, and Toxic friendship
komiification's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Physical abuse, Blood, Murder, Gaslighting, and War
coolfoolmoon's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.75
This book only works if you think the masses as a whole are stupid and inherently lazy and individualistic and people are inherently violent and evil. Yaaawn boring! Also Orwell never heard of show don't tell. It's no wonder this shit is read in every high school across the country. The devil may work hard but the CIA works harder.
Graphic: Ableism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Death, Gore, Physical abuse, Violence, Blood, Murder, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism
Moderate: Child abuse, Confinement, and Misogyny
Minor: War
nitar8's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
Moderate: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Physical abuse, Racism, Torture, Violence, Blood, Religious bigotry, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism
magimiel's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Slavery, and Blood
Moderate: Gaslighting and Alcohol
Minor: Suicide
grereads's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.25
Graphic: Animal death, Death, Slavery, and Classism
Moderate: Grief and War
Minor: Blood and Alcohol
quotablehedgehog's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Slavery, Violence, Police brutality, Murder, Gaslighting, and Classism
Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Racism, Violence, Xenophobia, Alcohol, and War
Minor: Ableism, Blood, Excrement, Medical content, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail
mossbird's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Orwell, in enrapturing detail, documents through an allegorical lens the repeated cycle of capitalism, dictatorship, and just how easily people (or in this book, animals) are manipulated by language. Reading this book made me viscerally angry at points and heartbreakingly sad at others. To see the cycle laid out so plainly forces the reader to acknowledge the presence and repetition that continuously plagues political landscapes. In a mere 96 pages (of the edition I read), Orwell highlights with haunting clarity how easily political dogma can be transformed into propaganda, especially over the course of time.
This novella left me horrified at moments with how many of the pigs' atrocious actions I found myself relating to our current sociopolitical climate. While written as an allegory for the Soviet Union, Orwell's work now highlights the atrocities committed by current governments and world leaders in a very blunt way. Yet, even as the book reaches its final pages, we see that this "accord" between the men and the pigs is strictly surface level with Orwell alluding to the start of the Cold War as both leaders play an ace of spades simultaneously.
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Gun violence, Slavery, and Violence
Moderate: Blood
Minor: Cannibalism
cloud_reads's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Slavery, Gaslighting, and Classism
Moderate: Gun violence, Violence, and Blood
Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Slavery, Blood, and Gaslighting