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digitalmozart's review against another edition
3.0
Really picks up at the end, but this is some of the most bizarre writing I have ever encountered. Prest has a strange way of beating around the bush in quite literally every sentence he writes. Several paragraphs even could easily be condensed down to a single sentence or two.
Also very interesting to see how Sondheim/Wheeler took these characters and made basically a completely original story (only the meat pie storyline is essentially the same).
Very glad I didn't read the 700-page edition, however, that's for sure
Also very interesting to see how Sondheim/Wheeler took these characters and made basically a completely original story (only the meat pie storyline is essentially the same).
Very glad I didn't read the 700-page edition, however, that's for sure
ai_novel_ty's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- 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
Content Warnings
Graphic: Violence, Suicide, Alcohol, Suicide attempt, and Suicidal thoughts
Minor: Animal cruelty
vermidian's review
3.0
Wow. Having had no prior exposure to this story aside from the 2007 Johnny Depp musical, reading this was an experience and a half. I came in expecting one thing and got something ENTIRELY different. That said, it wasn't a bad story. I did enjoy it, despite being thrown by how off different it was. Conceptually, the musical gets a lot of things right. However, it gets everything plot wise totally wrong. I really loved how Sweeney himself is described as this visually ugly and frightening man with an unearthly laugh and a mass of hair with all his tools in it. If given the opportunity, I likely would not read this again but it was worth reading once.
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