Reviews tagging 'Cancer'

August: Osage County by Tracy Letts

5 reviews

qqjj's review

challenging emotional funny 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest, Infidelity, Toxic relationship, Gaslighting, Grief, Drug abuse, Suicide, Adult/minor relationship, Drug use, Cancer, Alcohol, Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, Colonisation, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Racism, and Forced institutionalization

mobymaize's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-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

Hey what the actual Fuck. 
I don’t think I can add stars to this review because I genuinely don’t know what to rate it as out of 5. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcohol, Cursing, Death, Incest, Mental illness, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Physical abuse, Pedophilia, Rape, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Abandonment, Cancer, Death of parent, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, Misogyny, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Body shaming, Lesbophobia, Body horror, Bullying, Fatphobia, and Homophobia

daniellekat's review

dark fast-paced

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

2.0

This just felt like a showcase of how screwed up an author could make a family. It bordered on ridiculous and read like bad reality tv. The language and behaviour surrounding some of the topics in this play made me think this was written in the 80s and I was shocked to find out the actual publication date. Finally, I absolutely hate when male authors write about the “female experience” and this was no exception. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Toxic relationship, Emotional abuse, Addiction, and Drug abuse

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Suicide, Infidelity, Incest, and Death of parent

Minor: Racial slurs and Cancer

emory's review

challenging dark reflective sad

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Toxic relationship, Incest, Addiction, Racism, Grief, Misogyny, Suicide, Cancer, Child abuse, Death of parent, Drug use, and Emotional abuse

emmazan's review

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

-read for class. Psych Explorations in 20th century Theater (spring 22)
-finished in one day (& sitting)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Drug abuse, Grief, Suicide, Infidelity, Addiction, Death, Adult/minor relationship, Drug use, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Alcoholism and Cancer