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paigehf's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.5
Graphic: Suicide
Moderate: Death, Child death, and Blood
Minor: Death of parent
vibingjaren's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Graphic: Child death, Suicide, Murder, Child abuse, and Death
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Bullying, and Death of parent
Minor: Classism
ericad's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Graphic: Murder, Death, Suicide, and Sexism
Moderate: Drug use and Blood
Minor: Adult/minor relationship
k_shimer's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Murder, Child death, Death, and Suicide
Moderate: Grief, Blood, and Violence
Minor: Death of parent and Toxic relationship
schaffermi's review against another edition
- 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
4.0
Moderate: Violence, Blood, Death, and Suicide
Minor: Misogyny and Suicidal thoughts
const_elle_ations's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.75
Graphic: Suicide, Murder, Blood, Suicide attempt, and Death
dropout's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
Minor: Grief, Murder, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Death, Self harm, Adult/minor relationship, and Blood
elspethmigliore's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.5
i might reread but probably not ☑️
Graphic: Blood, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Death, Violence, Suicide attempt, Mental illness, and Drug use
Moderate: Alcohol and Suicidal thoughts
Minor: Death of parent
abby25's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
1.0
Graphic: Blood, Suicide, Grief, Suicidal thoughts, Adult/minor relationship, Child death, Cursing, and Death
anastasia_raf's review against another edition
- 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
2.75
I get the "hype" surrounding it, and I imagine it was original and singular in its era... But I barely enjoyed it.
It had some pretty beautiful and lyrical writing in it, and yet so many problematic themes and sentences as well. But as the format I read mentioned, it's not an "unscathed" representation of his work; it has been polished, changed, misrepresented, misunderstood and even experimented with in the theatre.
So I guess, we really cannot know "what the poet was trying to say."
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Murder, Sexism, Misogyny, Suicide, Grief, and Death
Minor: Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, and Child abuse