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hjb_128's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
reflective
sad
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Graphic: Racial slurs, Ableism, and Misogyny
Moderate: Emotional abuse
Minor: Alcohol, Alcoholism, and Abandonment
rogankeira's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
fast-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
4.0
The apartment... is entered by a fire escape, a structure whose name is a touch of accidental poetic truth, for all of these huge buildings are always burning with the slow and implacable fires of human desperation.
The story of a dysfunctional family (very dysfunctional). As with other Williams' work, quietly and tender, beautiful writing.
Amanda wants her children to be happy and successful (whilst living the life she imagines for them) as she cannot bring herself to forget her grandiose, idealised past.
Tom is a poet stuck in a warehouse job (his mother makes him want to run off like his father did).
Amanda: Go, then! Go the moon - you selfish dreamer!
Tom:I didn't go to the moon, I went much further - for time is the longest distance between two places.
Laura is quiet and shy, nervous and mostly just interested in her glass menagerie of animal figurines,
Moderate: Classism, Racism, Emotional abuse, Sexism, Ableism, and Abandonment
Minor: Mental illness and Racial slurs
Most of these are treated as negative things, not positive (apart from mental illness - although negative attitudes are displayed by some characters, the play itself is more sympathetic).tsundoku_'s review against another edition
emotional
reflective
sad
fast-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
3.0
I read this for school, and I have to say this is one of the only books I've read for school that I've actually enjoyed. It was definitely sad. I just feel bad for Tom and Laura's situations.
Moderate: Emotional abuse, Racial slurs, and Racism
grayscale08's review against another edition
emotional
reflective
sad
slow-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
2.0
Moderate: Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, and Mental illness
Minor: Alcohol, Cursing, Homophobia, Racial slurs, Sexism, Abandonment, and Ableism
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