Reviews tagging 'Incest'

Oedipus Rex by Sophocles

37 reviews

celevstial's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Suicide, and Incest

Moderate: Murder

draven_deathcrush's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious reflective 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

3.0

Had to read for school. It's the first greek play that I've read, and it was pretty cool. I definitely want to read more greek plays.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest, Death, and Suicide

kelliegawhale's review against another edition

challenging dark medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest, Violence, and Self harm

peachani's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional tense fast-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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror and Grief

Moderate: Blood, Ableism, Deportation, Injury/Injury detail, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Murder, Pregnancy, Violence, Abandonment, Animal death, Car accident, Child abuse, Classism, Incest, Death, and Death of parent

henrygravesprince's review against another edition

challenging dark fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest, Suicide, and Death

Moderate: Murder and Death of parent

Minor: Gore and Self harm

gabriella_'s review against another edition

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

2.25

somebody slam the breaks please

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Incest, Body horror, Death of parent, and Grief

katariinatoivanen's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious sad medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent, Incest, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Abandonment, Slavery, and Murder

lizgom's review against another edition

dark tense medium-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

I haven't read a lot of classical Greek and know the disney version of Hercules so you can imagine what a ride I had reading this. I genuinely feel sorry for this Greek hero. His journey is crazy and f*d up. Since the beginning of the play you have this sense of doom. I feel sad that Oedipus is a lost cause and I constantly felt a need to help this tragic fictional man. Oedipus seems like the only character kept in the dark about the situation he's in. He's condemned to kill his father and sleep with his mother and he leaves his "homeland" to avoid that fate. Little did he know, he's adopted and ends up killing his father in a quarrel and defeats a sphinx and ends up marrying his mother (not knowing she's his real mother lol). This story made so angry. I was constantly wanting something good to happen to this man. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Incest, and Suicide

Moderate: Murder, Death, and Self harm

Minor: Death of parent

m4rtt4's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective sad fast-paced

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

3.0

A tragic classic. I already knew the story but finally I can say I've also read it. Fate is an interesting thing. I wonder if his fate would've been fulfilled had he not been sent away as a child? You see, he only killed his father and married his mother because he had no idea of their real identities — not because he wanted to specifically harm his parents, which you can also see in his self-destructive reaction to the horrible realisation.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Incest, Death, Blood, Violence, Suicide, and Self harm

andraaa777's review against another edition

fast-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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide and Incest