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izzybooks_2000's review against another edition
emotional
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
4.0
milfmarner's review against another edition
4.0
how will you remember? / that i love you? / yes. / that's easy. i can't help it.
hazeldye's review against another edition
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
bobbyknndy's review against another edition
5.0
The Clean House - Definitely her most accessible. Start here if you're just giving her a try for the first time. A fantastic play and a defining work of contemporary American theatre.
Eurydice - The most difficult of the three plays I've seen/read of hers. Takes a really good production to make it work, but it can be her most powerful when done right.
Eurydice - The most difficult of the three plays I've seen/read of hers. Takes a really good production to make it work, but it can be her most powerful when done right.
meleficent's review against another edition
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
cgcpoems's review against another edition
emotional
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
These plays were quirky, fun, meaningful, & unlike any other plays I’ve read/seen. Ruhl is not only a fabulous writer, with lines that made me feel like I was reading mini-poems, but a great character developer and story-weaver. I will absolutely be consuming more of her work in the future.
buer's review against another edition
4.0
This book is gorgeous. I have only seen one of the plays (which was incredibly well done) and would like to see the rest, but it's just as good of an experience to read all of the plays side by side. Ruhl's whimsical tone and repeated themes of the cyclical nature of families and the innocence and purity of love make for a somehow simultaneously draining and uplifting reading experience.
The Melancholy Play seemed a little bit out of place in this collection. I still really enjoyed it, but thought that it might have been more effective either on its own or maybe with other plays Ruhl wrote?
Regardless, I cannot get enough of her.
The Melancholy Play seemed a little bit out of place in this collection. I still really enjoyed it, but thought that it might have been more effective either on its own or maybe with other plays Ruhl wrote?
Regardless, I cannot get enough of her.
arthoe's review against another edition
adventurous
funny
mysterious
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0