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dinasamimi's review against another edition
4.0
The characters are memorable, the plot moves, the emotional stakes are high. I would love to see this performed.
emilyroseh's review against another edition
emotional
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.5
karinlib's review against another edition
4.0
In this first play of a ten play series, it is 1904 in Pittsburgh. African Americans are moving north to find freedom and jobs that are not available in the south.
Thoroughly enjoyed this play, the characters, the plot, the voice. It embodies the struggle, the pain, the joy of a newly freed people.
Thoroughly enjoyed this play, the characters, the plot, the voice. It embodies the struggle, the pain, the joy of a newly freed people.
bybemoulden's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
evvyyreads_'s review against another edition
dark
emotional
funny
reflective
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.5
lilspeedster7's review against another edition
dark
emotional
reflective
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.5
caitlincrabill's review against another edition
5.0
A beautiful and heart-breaking tale. I hope I get to see the play on the stage someday.
mkamara98's review against another edition
5.0
Wonderful read as is all of Wilson’s work. Would love to see it on stage someday cause I’m interested in how they did the boat scene.
lilyevangeline's review against another edition
4.0
I read it. I was confused.
Then I saw it, and I was moved--perhaps more than that, convicted or charged or maybe pinned down. It's one thing to read a difficult book alone in your room. It's another thing to see it in a movie with a few other people. But it's something else entirely to witness it in a big dark room with a hundred other people, all watching live people act it in real time. These are people you have to make eye contact with afterwards, and it's like there's something behind the conversation now--uniting you. You know that they, like you, have witnessed the same things you have. And even if you don't know what you're going to do with, you'd know you'd like to watch and see what they do with it.
But my thoughts at the moment are muffled behind a general lack of sleep and tectonic shifts in my being. I shall give more thoughts, better thoughts, at a time when I can properly think them.
Then I saw it, and I was moved--perhaps more than that, convicted or charged or maybe pinned down. It's one thing to read a difficult book alone in your room. It's another thing to see it in a movie with a few other people. But it's something else entirely to witness it in a big dark room with a hundred other people, all watching live people act it in real time. These are people you have to make eye contact with afterwards, and it's like there's something behind the conversation now--uniting you. You know that they, like you, have witnessed the same things you have. And even if you don't know what you're going to do with, you'd know you'd like to watch and see what they do with it.
But my thoughts at the moment are muffled behind a general lack of sleep and tectonic shifts in my being. I shall give more thoughts, better thoughts, at a time when I can properly think them.