Reviews tagging 'Alcohol'

A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams

40 reviews

mira_07's review against another edition

emotional relaxing medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Drug abuse, Violence, Sexual assault, Drug use, Death, Suicidal thoughts, Alcohol, Religious bigotry, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Mental illness, Rape, Alcoholism, and Domestic abuse

frog8716b's review against another edition

dark emotional fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol and Mental illness

Moderate: Sexual assault, Infidelity, Toxic relationship, and Classism

Minor: Adult/minor relationship and Suicide

blueeyes's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

I read this for school and I was okay. i feel like Blanche is a character that will stay with me, but the play is forgettable besides that. I don’t think this is a play would read in my own. And I don’t think I’ll read anything else by this author. It was fine, just dated and not my style. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual assault, Classism, Domestic abuse, Misogyny, Rape, Addiction, Alcoholism, Gaslighting, and Grief

Moderate: Homophobia, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, Racial slurs, Domestic abuse, Hate crime, Racism, Violence, and Death

seasides's review against another edition

dark emotional tense fast-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

3.75

as someone who enjoys dark themes in writing and the absolute rottenness of humans being brought to light, this play certainly is all about it. oh it sure is. i dont recall the last time i felt so heavy after reading a play but my god! this is not for the faint of heart. it's just. oh my god. stanley is so... oh my god, i hate him so much but at the same time i feel the same fear as blanche and stella probably do around him how can a fictional character encompass this archetype of men so well. i dont know how to explain it but it feels. so real. absolutely throws you in for a loop, knots your stomach and makes you want to curl up in a hole and hug yourself so tight. maybe im being dramatic. maybe this is what i get for writing so much angst. 

anyways as a play, absolutely banger. love the characterization, the use of music and the reveal of the polka tune at the end??? title embodies this play so well. i can just visualize this car speeding down the streets, these characters impulsively running head first into tragedy knowing they're going to crash. my god. wow. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape and Racism

Moderate: Alcohol and Domestic abuse

hannahlouise_'s review against another edition

emotional tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

so, so sad. a brilliant play 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual assault, Pregnancy, Physical abuse, Violence, Toxic relationship, Rape, Domestic abuse, and Sexual violence

Minor: Grief, Alcohol, Classism, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Mental illness, Outing, Death of parent, and Gaslighting

purplelake's review against another edition

dark emotional sad 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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Cursing, Physical abuse, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Alcohol, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Violence, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, and Suicide

Moderate: Grief, Homophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Pregnancy, Rape, Misogyny, Alcoholism, Forced institutionalization, Infidelity, Sexism, Sexual content, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, and Terminal illness

Minor: Body shaming, Abandonment, and Death of parent

_kimb's review against another edition

dark sad tense 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Suicide, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, and Mental illness

Moderate: Alcoholism, Alcohol, and Rape

Minor: Adult/minor relationship

this_is_lee's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

This was interesting!! I loved how the characters interacted and the sense of mystery I felt reading. I’ve never read a play before, this was a good one. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcohol and Classism

katiieecat's review against another edition

challenging reflective sad 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Classism, Domestic abuse, Forced institutionalization, Homophobia, Infidelity, Mental illness, Alcohol, Body shaming, Pregnancy, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Suicide, and Misogyny

l3t1c1a's review against another edition

slow-paced

• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No

2.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual assault, Rape, Sexism, Alcohol, Cursing, and Racial slurs