Reviews

Reasons to Be Pretty by Neil LaBute

_myliteraryobsession's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny reflective tense fast-paced

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

4.0

cinderrunner's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful reflective medium-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

3.75

egphillips478's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective tense fast-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

xoiaey's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional lighthearted reflective sad 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

3.0

conardcaroline's review against another edition

emotional tense

3.0

gabieowleyess's review against another edition

2.0

Interesting perspective. Didn't really like the play as a whole, but I really do like the monologues I found in this one.

pingin505's review against another edition

4.0

Read in one sitting. It would obviously be much better staged. Interesting look into a slice of American life. Not really my favorite genre... it felt like gritty American realism but with better dialogue and maybe some humor?? I couldn’t tell how much was funny because a lot of the beginning really wasn’t funny to me, just absurd. But the ending was funny?? There was a defined progression and resolution to the piece which I appreciated. I liked 3/4 characters by the end but found them all irritating in the beginning. I think LaBrute did this on purpose.

surelyjackson's review against another edition

1.0

reasons to be sh***y

marshaniemeijer's review against another edition

3.0

i dunno…. i thought that was a pretty shallow reading of beauty/desirability politics?? more interested in the themes of rampant misogyny between bros. also that ending wasn’t by cup of tea :/ 

ikiuni's review

adventurous emotional funny reflective fast-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