Reviews tagging 'Murder'

Macbeth by George K. Hunter, William Shakespeare

96 reviews

maddyisnotilliterate's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious reflective tense fast-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

Mr Shakespeare has got something. I think he might make it big one day if he keeps up this good work.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore and Murder

Moderate: War

Minor: Sexism

solouncapitulomas's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

4.2

lady macbeth x macbeth is the ideal gaslight gatekeep girlboss x manipulate mansplain malewife, change my mind

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Child death, Blood, and War

Minor: Suicide

book_aesthetic's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious sad 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood

Moderate: Gore, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Murder, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Minor: Child death and Suicide

emmaa_andrews's review against another edition

challenging dark tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Murder

Moderate: Child death, Suicide, and Violence

henyouise's review against another edition

challenging dark tense medium-paced

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

4.0

I think this play gets a bad rep. I did not feel like it was slow or boring or just brutal all around. I read whole acts at a time that's how engaged I was with the story! It's a look into man's desire for power and what lengths some will go to in order to gain that power.
Macbeth doesn't necessarily start out as a power hungry noble. He's seen as a loyal member of Duncan's court until he meets the witches who provide him with the temptation of being king. It's very psychological, really.
Also people who say there's no comedy in this play clearly did not make it to the last act:
"Macbeth: Damn the devil black tho cream faced loon! Where got'st thou that goose look?
Servant: There is ten thousand-
Macbeth: Geese, villan?
Servant: Soldiers, sir." (Macbeth V.III.12 - 16)
Is this Macbeth's descent into madness? yes. Is this also hilarious? yes.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Murder, and War

adverb17's review against another edition

dark tense medium-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Child death, Violence, Blood, Grief, and Murder

Minor: Suicide

emmafishhh's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious slow-paced

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

3.25

This was one of Shakespeare’s better plays, but seemed extremely long and unnecessarily drug out. The evolution of Macbeth and Lady Macbeth’s characters was good, but I thought there were often things that weren’t relevant going on. Pretty good plot, but everything at the end felt extremely rushed when it should have the extended material. It is on a similar quality level with Taming of the Shrew, which disappointed me while reading.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

Moderate: Death

Minor: Mental illness

farah_2007's review against another edition

challenging dark funny mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.0

Frankly, I assumed that Macbeth would be mirdered in the end. But it was actually unexpected that Macduff killed in the end. Lady Macbeth's death was also unexpected plus it was suicide totally a heavy plot twist. It was actually a good read from Shakespeare but still I struggle reading the original English hence I need to go back and forth from original to translated one.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Genocide, Sexism, Violence, Blood, Suicide attempt, Murder, and War

reneetrinket's review against another edition

dark emotional sad medium-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Infertility, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Grief, Murder, and War

susiebilashenne's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body horror, Death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Blood, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and War