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lolapasteque's review against another edition
3.0
J'ai mis 3 étoiles mais c'est une lecture tellement hors-norme que c'est difficile de savoir à quel point j'ai aimé.
La première partie de ma lecture était ponctuée de questionnements, de doutes concernant les 4 personnages, qui sont nommés par des lettres (A, B, C et M). Je voulais à tout prix retenir qui avait dit quoi mais impossible de les identifier à des lettres. La rapidité du rythme de la pièce fait qu'on ne peut pas imprimer qui a dit quoi. Sauf qu'on s'en fout. L'enjeu n'est absolument pas là.
Après avoir renoncé à retenir qui étaient les personnages, j'ai finalement pu percevoir ce texte comme un long monologue. Très poétique, brut, froid et toujours aussi tragique compte tenu la vie de l'autrice. Son suicide plane au-dessus de son œuvre, et inévitablement donne à l'ensemble de ce texte une toute autre dimension.
Et un bouquet final...ohlala
La première partie de ma lecture était ponctuée de questionnements, de doutes concernant les 4 personnages, qui sont nommés par des lettres (A, B, C et M). Je voulais à tout prix retenir qui avait dit quoi mais impossible de les identifier à des lettres. La rapidité du rythme de la pièce fait qu'on ne peut pas imprimer qui a dit quoi. Sauf qu'on s'en fout. L'enjeu n'est absolument pas là.
Après avoir renoncé à retenir qui étaient les personnages, j'ai finalement pu percevoir ce texte comme un long monologue. Très poétique, brut, froid et toujours aussi tragique compte tenu la vie de l'autrice. Son suicide plane au-dessus de son œuvre, et inévitablement donne à l'ensemble de ce texte une toute autre dimension.
Et un bouquet final...ohlala
mavispice's review against another edition
5.0
and if this makes no sense then you understand perfectly
areidbarnes's review against another edition
3.0
I thoroughly enjoyed the form of this play. I found it extremely interesting. However it may have also been its downfall. The form didn't lend to much comprehension (which I think was the point) and while I did get a couple major takeaways I still felt like there was more I was supposed to get.
benajet's review against another edition
5.0
“Don’t forget poetry is language for its own sake”.
I don’t think I will ever fully understand this play but that doesn’t mean i don’t desperately love it. Tragic and almost ethereal in parts, it shows a truly painful look at life from four hopeless intertwining perspectives. Kane is brilliant and gut wrenching.
I don’t think I will ever fully understand this play but that doesn’t mean i don’t desperately love it. Tragic and almost ethereal in parts, it shows a truly painful look at life from four hopeless intertwining perspectives. Kane is brilliant and gut wrenching.
caszriel's review against another edition
This is another play that I feel could be picked apart and analysed for days, from the characters to their dialogue and how it's all weaved together. I would love to see it for sure, I think it would be really powerful to watch. There is certainly a central theme of craving in what the characters say as well.
chirson's review against another edition
5.0
I loved the way it works as an answer to The Waste Land, and the use of intertextuality. Made a tremendous impression on me.
katiebartmess's review against another edition
dark
emotional
sad
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
1.0
After trying to sit down and read this a few times, I found it very helpful to watch a YouTube performance of it while I read. Its very hard to keep track of characters especially when their lines are almost exclusively just cutting each other off to deliver their own monologue. As a whole I have no idea what I just read which is probably a big part of the point. This will require rereads to appreciate more, I assume. The characters only make sense for about 20% of the play here and there, the other 80% is vague single-word or half-sentence statements (assumedly?) about each of their grief. Giving the characters names beyond just one letter might have helped the reader keep track more, but to be fair, this is meant to be a play