Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry

19 reviews

crieraylas's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful reflective sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Racial slurs, Sexism, Misogyny, Racism, Alcoholism, Grief, and Classism

Moderate: Slavery, Emotional abuse, Abortion, Hate crime, Violence, Death of parent, Homophobia, Death, Pregnancy, Colonisation, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Sexual harassment, Murder, Religious bigotry, and Infidelity

michaelion's review

emotional funny tense fast-paced

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

3.5

For once, sort of, the experience of the Youngers is not relevant to today. They bought a house for $4k. Somebody had to die for them to afford it. Meanwhile in this present day when most people family die they can't even afford to bury them. Everything else is pretty much the same though. Just called by different names now.

Lorraine Hansberry was definitely ahead of her time. 

This may have a higher rating if I actually saw it on stage instead of read / listened to it. I read it in pretty much one sitting to stay true to the theater experience – you can't pause a play, you have to sit through it – and it was still very moving and hooked my attention. But reading and listening to the play I'm sure doesn't compare to actually seeing and living it in the theater.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism, Classism, and Death of parent

Moderate: Alcohol, Abortion, Grief, Confinement, and Misogyny

Minor: Colonisation, Child death, Animal death, Blood, Homophobia, and Animal cruelty

xkrille's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

I read this for university, and I am so glad I did!

This was a great play to read. The characters were well-written and so were their emotions. You understood why they acted the way they did, said the things they said, thought the things they thought. 

I definitely recommend!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Racial slurs, and Racism

Moderate: Sexism, Homophobia, and Abortion

Minor: Death of parent

agatha_hopkins's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism and Alcohol

Moderate: Classism, Abortion, Racism, and Cultural appropriation

Minor: Animal cruelty, Death of parent, Cultural appropriation, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Death, and Pregnancy

shaunaxx's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny informative reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Colonisation, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Racial slurs, Racism, Alcohol, Abortion, Death, and Misogyny

lovesarahmae's review against another edition

challenging hopeful inspiring 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism and Racial slurs

Minor: Abortion, Sexism, Alcohol, Pregnancy, and Death of parent

strange's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

I loved this— there were some minor things that didn’t land for me but this is certainly one of the greatest classics I’ve read and my rating will probably improve with time 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism and Sexism

Moderate: Alcohol, Colonisation, and Classism

Minor: Homophobia, Abortion, and Death of parent

toffishay's review

emotional funny sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

I don't read a lot of plays, but I really enjoyed this way. It is really intense and emotional and sad, but also really funny! Funny in that dark way, in that self-reflective way. Walter pissed me off, and as a black woman, it was interesting and all too real to read into the race and gender politics at play between him and the women in his life, Mama, Ruth, and Beneatha. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Racism, Misogyny, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Emotional abuse, Violence, Classism, Alcoholism, Grief, and Hate crime

Moderate: Sexual harassment, Death of parent, Homophobia, and Abortion

Minor: Slavery

bitterseason's review

emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Classism, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Abortion, Alcoholism, Blood, Child death, Cursing, Death of parent, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, and Religious bigotry

honeyvoiced's review

fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism

Moderate: Alcoholism and Toxic relationship

Minor: Abortion and Death of parent