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zeyer_ayngenem's review against another edition
5.0
Brilliant short solo play. Moral clarity and poetic contradiction that you’d expect from Wally Shawn If I manage to overcome my aversion to digital theatre maybe I’ll livestream a reading from my bathroom floor.
krytygr's review against another edition
3.0
An American born woman travels to a poverty-stricken country in hopes to find a way to help. In the safety of her hotel room, she gazes out the window and reflects on what she sees: poverty, war and inequality.
We hear her inner thoughts on the situations at hand. And she asks herself the same think we’ve all wondered at some point: are we truly helping solve the problem or are we just a part of the issue? We who live in countries with more privileges take a lot of our daily lives for granted. We have a tendency to want to help but with no idea how to truly make a difference.
We hear her inner thoughts on the situations at hand. And she asks herself the same think we’ve all wondered at some point: are we truly helping solve the problem or are we just a part of the issue? We who live in countries with more privileges take a lot of our daily lives for granted. We have a tendency to want to help but with no idea how to truly make a difference.
yomikoreadman's review against another edition
dark
hopeful
reflective
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
owen_z's review against another edition
5.0
angelikareadsavariciously's review against another edition
2.0
I found it to be incredibly boring and only finished it because it was short.
arilaurel's review against another edition
5.0
Up until now, I knew Wallace Shawn only as the "inconceivable" guy in The Princess Bride. The Fever is ruthless and darkly funny. I actually laughed on the bus as the character laid out justification after justification for why they deserve service and finery, and their self-ideation as an "aesthete," only to immediately spew their dinner into a toilet bowl as they wrestle with the contradictions of their own neoliberal ideology. I recommend listening to a performance of this, as it really brings the text to life.
canadiantiquarian's review against another edition
5.0
A precise, thoughtful, and engaging book that reads quickly, but does not follow the general assumptions linked to a "quick read."
clari's review
challenging
dark
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0