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theirgracegrace's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
I adore how Robin Talley recontextualizes the setting from the nobility of early medieval Scotland to a group of queer teens at a Southern boarding school, and how the themes do not change. It legitimately is impossible to tell if the characters are hallucinating the supernatural occurrences in the school, or if they are really happening. The relationships between the characters mirror those between their Shakespearean counterparts, but they also are their own people and show the effect of fate and the supernatural on their psyche.
Graphic: Car accident, Child death, Drug abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Alcohol, Suicide attempt, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicide, Chronic illness, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Cursing, Death, Homophobia, Bullying, Addiction, Blood, Drug use, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Outing, Racism, Confinement, Alcoholism, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Medical content, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis
Moderate: Fatphobia, Ableism, and Violence
Minor: Domestic abuse and Body horror
skypotion's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Violence
Moderate: Homophobia and Ableism
Minor: Suicide
beforeviolets's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
TW: there's a LOT. most of them are already in Macbeth so expect a lot of similar plot points.
Graphic: Blood, Death, Drug use, Gore, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Lesbophobia, Mental illness, Murder, Outing, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Suicide, Toxic relationship, and Violence
Moderate: Ableism, Alcohol, Fire/Fire injury, Medical content, Religious bigotry, Self harm, and Vomit
Minor: Car accident, Fatphobia, and Slavery
lucy12345's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Blood, Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Drug abuse
Moderate: Ableism, Addiction, and Slavery
sarah984's review against another edition
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
However, most of the characters were pretty shallow (they definitely felt like identities first and characters second), the plantation stuff felt unnecessary since nothing was ever really done with it, and the ending was kind of silly. Also, this may be shallow but the main character Maria was called "Ree" by all her friends and it really annoyed me. What kind of nickname is that? Who would use that to shorten Maria??
Graphic: Ableism, Blood, Biphobia, Death, Drug abuse, Grief, Homophobia, Medical content, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Suicide, and Toxic relationship
Moderate: Child death and Slavery