My biggest complaint was how thin the allegory was. Like, Orwell didn’t have to use animal farms at all, it read like a history lesson for most parts. I felt between chapter 3 to chapter 8 were mostly just boring and pigs Doing a power capture slowly. Did chapter 3 to 8 help create the impact of chapter 9 and 10? Absolutely. Could they have been done better? I think so, it didn’t have to be read like a history lesson.
I’d argue Animal Farm, and Orwell in general, isn’t necessarily there for the enjoyment of the story so much as they’re an exercise in political perspectivism. The theming choices and what not were just artistic choices to tell what is essentially a real life cautionary tale in the setting of a story. I feel like he was trying to teach history and politics the same way you sneak vegetables into a kid’s food, he understood what he was trying to say wasn’t palatable but was nourishing.