Reviews

The Children's Hour by Lillian Hellman

rronnniii's review against another edition

dark emotional funny sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.25

flowerbinsh's review against another edition

challenging emotional fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.25

A required reading for me Queer Genre class.

Honestly, I don’t have a lot of strong feelings about this play. It was good, but not much else to say. Knowing the cultural and political context behind this play, though, did make it more interesting. 

kadyhart's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

holmanlclaire's review against another edition

challenging sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

literaryinluv's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

man fuck mary

morgan23's review against another edition

medium-paced

• Diverse cast of characters? N/A

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicide

Minor: Homophobia

oofie's review against another edition

3.0

A very sad play that describes the terrible effect a lie can cause. I enjoyed it.

lollylou33's review against another edition

5.0

I loved this play so much. The way little subjects were snuck in and were important later meant I had to really pay attention to everything going on. The characters all had defined personalities and it made everything more interesting. Anyways it also made me sad read at your own risk.

asunnybooknook's review against another edition

5.0

Deeply moving. I want to play Martha some day

4.5

taylormendoza19's review against another edition

2.0

2/5 Stars

*TW for homophobia and suicide

Excellently written and undoubtedly significant. However, while this book was written in 1948, the way this book treated its lesbian character was definitely NOT ok.