NOTE: I did not edit for grammar or spelling. Most of the 1-star reviews were people complaining about a particular edition and it was quite challenging to actually find people who hated the the book. The average rating was 4.5 stars and only 3% were 1 star reviews. The book has 3,367 customer reviews on Amazon. Animal Farm is on the Time 100 list, The Modern Library List of Best 20th-Centuray Novels, the 1001 List of Books to Read Before you Die, and it has won numerous other accolades. It is perhaps the most famous allegorical novel and most of us read it in school (where I recall liking it). This month we’ll be taking a look at reviews for Animal Farm by George Orwell.Īnimal Farm was published in 1945 by George Orwell and is a satirical tale criticizing Stalin. From the nasty to the snarky to the downright absurd, we’ll highlight some of the strange reasons why some people hate these great reads. Each month, we’ll feature a book from Time’s list of the best 100 English language novels of all time. There is no such thing as a universally loved book. We’ll be back to our regular posting schedule after the shortlist is announced in mid-september. George Orwell, who was a democratic socialist was in opposition of Joseph Stalin and Moscow-directed Stalinism, result to which is a book like Animal farm- one of his best satirical fiction novel.We are going to take a brief break from our Man Booker shadow panel to bring our regular feature: Terrible Reviews of Great Books. The book reflects incidents and events that led to Russian Revolution in 1917, followed by Soviet Union's Stalinist Era. Agenda raised was to seek benefits to four legged animals and other animals of the farm, for which they selected ideals, who got corrupted with passing time. The attempt is initiated by changing the farm's name to ‘Animal Farm'. Under the charge of two pigs: Napoleon and Snowball, animals thus plan to invade humans and take over the farm. Jones farm are tired of serving human and find it very exploiting as they use animals for all their needs.

Depicting rising revolt among the animals, who wish to take over the humans, the author wrote one of the best satire of the era. Animal Farm by George Orwell is an allegorical work of fiction.

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