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colin_poisson's review against another edition
dark
funny
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
amyacowan's review against another edition
dark
tense
slow-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
4.0
maddie_1999's review against another edition
reflective
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
ang_elica's review against another edition
challenging
dark
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
rats02's review against another edition
challenging
reflective
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
1.5
casparb's review against another edition
4.0
Loved this one - read initially a long time ago without paying a great deal of attention due to being young and silly but a spectacular reread. Themes include: ...gay? and dismemberment. 4.5.
Of course the language has a riotous energy that seems to barrel toward the future of literature with no force of heaven nor hell capable of preventing. Ambiguity is my order of the day - not to be resolved of. I think Marlowe's readings of churches and empire is so convincing because he is above the tedium of moral uncertainty. This is ambiguity on more fascinating planes- metaphysical-spiritual-lexical-authorial and so forth. Delicious. Yes please all day
Of course the language has a riotous energy that seems to barrel toward the future of literature with no force of heaven nor hell capable of preventing. Ambiguity is my order of the day - not to be resolved of. I think Marlowe's readings of churches and empire is so convincing because he is above the tedium of moral uncertainty. This is ambiguity on more fascinating planes- metaphysical-spiritual-lexical-authorial and so forth. Delicious. Yes please all day
liambetts's review against another edition
3.0
I read this for an essay I am writing. This version of Faust is more true to what I had heard of the story before reading Goethe, but I will say that I still much preferred Goethe's version (the Kauffmann translation).
The differences: In Marlowe, Faust calls the devil, and in Goethe the devil comes to him. In Marlowe, the tragedy is one of Faust's own, in Goethe the tragedy is as much Gretchen's as it is his. In Marlowe, Faust falls, in Goethe, he ascends. Etc.
It was interesting to compare the two, considering that Goethe's was written nearly two hundred years later.
The differences: In Marlowe, Faust calls the devil, and in Goethe the devil comes to him. In Marlowe, the tragedy is one of Faust's own, in Goethe the tragedy is as much Gretchen's as it is his. In Marlowe, Faust falls, in Goethe, he ascends. Etc.
It was interesting to compare the two, considering that Goethe's was written nearly two hundred years later.
thebookisheb_'s review against another edition
adventurous
dark
fast-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
3.0
joraud's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0