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Never have I ever been so invested in theater.

This is a novel except it’s not prose. This is poetry except it doesn’t rhyme. This book is so utterly, annoyingly great (and also the whole of act 2 is queer coded as hell (I’m a sucker for chaotic evil/chaotic good dynamic and this is the best I promise)).

Also now I’ve thought of Lorenzaccio and Cardan in the Cruel Prince as the same person I can’t undo it. They ARE the SAME PERSON. They even wear the same black eyeshadow I bet.

I will kill Cardinal Cibo because he’s a rat, marry the Marquise Cibo because her getting out of her toxic relationship with the latter slaysss and also I kiss Phillipe Strozzi on the forehead because he’s a cute lost-in-his-fifties daddy and I marry Lorenzaccio because he’s my BABY I love him and morally grey TikTok boyfriends can go and cry in their mama’s closet (btw did I mention Lorenzaccio’s daddy issues ? The ideal man I’m telling you…). Just joking he’s gay as fuck but I’m on the floor right now.

This book destroyed whatever good sense I had left and now I’m punishing the air. Good night.

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challenging dark tense medium-paced

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

4.5

Si j'avais fait lettres modernes peut-être que Lorenzaccio aurait été mon sujet de mémoire. Cette pièce est tellement fascinante dans sa représentation de la violence et notamment du dédoublement de son personnage principal. On remercie tous George Sand qui a écrit le premier manuscrit et Musset qui l'a rendu gay.