ETERNAL NOTE: Read the book first, then its reviews!

First of all, before reading a book, there's more than one thing that can "attract" you to a specific book. There's the author's name and reputation, the book's name and reputation, and other people's (including friends, web sites, etc) opinions. To this book specifically, I was allured by all the three above. George Orwell is world-famous for his two books that I've read so far (maybe he wrote only these,) 1984 and Animal Farm. And this book is well-known to anyone who claims to be a "reader" by any means. And the people's opinion is generally not to miss either of Orwell's books.
Let's get to the point, which is "Animal Farm" in our case. It's a review, so if you haven't read the book so far, I say go read it first then hear my comments. The overall plot of the book is "Rebellion & Rulership." Though the book has almost only animals (pigs, cows and so on) and no humans, it talks of politics and life turnings that only a few are aware of. It starts with the animals developing "National Consciousness" and preparing to overthrow their rulers, the humans. They do it and begin to plan to manage their lives on their own, only when the inner disputes and divisions begin to get hold of them. The most important rule they founded their freedom on was "All animals are equal," then by the passing of time, it became "All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others!" And so goes the story...
It ends, in the Orwell way, at no specific ending. It's just the fact that no matter who leads, the leaded are the point.
The most remarkable thing about that book is that you can read it a 1000 years ago and say, "Wow, it's just like our conditions here!" and you'd say the same thing if you read it 1000 years in the future. I myself remember this story happening here in Egypt a few times almost exactly, the most distinctive of which is Mohamed Ali's when he was made ruler by the people of Egypt after they'd overthrown the former Ottoman ruler, then he showed them real slavery.

EVALUATION:
Reading fun: 3 of 5
Literal material (Author's touch): 5 of 5
Storyline: 4 of 5
Length/Material: 5 of 5
Persuasion factor: 4 of 5

Overall look: Good book, has more politics and sarcasm than story, but makes a good read when you're beginning to think about going to sleep at midday. A must-read if you're more or less into reading classical literature.