Reviews tagging 'Violence'

King Lear by William Shakespeare

19 reviews

the_embodiment_of_chaos's review against another edition

dark emotional funny 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? It's complicated

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Suicidal thoughts, Murder, Death, and Violence

Moderate: Misogyny and War

naiu_cs's review against another edition

challenging dark funny tense medium-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? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, War, Violence, and Death of parent

Minor: Forced institutionalization, Grief, and Blood

hot_water's review against another edition

dark tense medium-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Suicide

embey's review against another edition

dark tense slow-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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Grief, Murder, War, Death, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, and Violence

jaymoran's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful sad slow-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Death, and Murder

jojo_'s review against another edition

dark medium-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

Moderate: Death, Emotional abuse, Grief, Misogyny, Murder, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Body horror, Death of parent, Infidelity, Torture, and Violence

raoulalexander's review against another edition

dark funny reflective medium-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? Yes

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Misogyny and Violence

alexxm13's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-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

3.0

read for eng lit…
thought it was going strong at the start then slowly got more confused in the middle but the end was strong with the strong theme or father and child, not my fav shakespeare play, that goes to macbeth but hopefully with more analysis i would like it more but for now it was okay. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Gaslighting, Murder, Toxic relationship, Violence, and War

ashleycmms's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• 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: War, Violence, Torture, Suicidal thoughts, Death, Death of parent, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Gore, Gaslighting, Body horror, and Blood

Moderate: Schizophrenia/Psychosis and Mental illness