17 reviews for:

My Boy Jack

David Haig

3.42 AVERAGE

sararh1annon's review

2.75

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i hate rudyard kippling with a passion

m3tamorphosis's review

3.75

emotional informative reflective sad fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

zoeeliza's review

3.5

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

g_everitt01's review

3.0

emotional sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

bigtomlaff's review

3.25

emotional medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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A decent, short-ish play. War isn't exactly my favourite topic for theatre but this isn't really about war, its about the ego of a grieving father coming to terms with the loss of his son in the war, which he subconsciously represses due to his own masculine hubris. The character of Rudyard would be a good role to take on as an older-male actor, or for me the standout scene with Rudyard and the Guardsmen would make an excellent one-scene exercise or exam-piece for young actors.

liv__28's review

4.0

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Absolutely heart wrenching!
The slow burn of the differing opinions of the war embodies the feelings of patriotic vs duty and makes you think about how much agency soldiers ever had.
For me, Jack's death wasn't what made me cry, it was the argument between Carrie and Rudyard after finding out was what did it for me. It makes it so personal and a reader feels much more compassionate for the characters who have been through so much and even though have closure, doesn't make them feel any better.
Even though it is a play, there are plenty of underlying meanings of the words that some regular novels fail to portray through description.

thevintageflowerfaerie's review

4.75

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

sophiemundy13's review

3.0

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

harrietd's review

3.0

emotional sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

c__s_dy's review

3.0

dark emotional sad medium-paced