Reviews

Rent by Jonathan Larson

beatrizkelly's review against another edition

5.0

doing this show and thoroughly studying the script has been a joy

dblue236's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective relaxing sad fast-paced

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

4.0

kylasmv15's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction

Moderate: Drug abuse, Alcohol, Animal death, Death, Drug use, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Minor: Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Grief, Infidelity, Police brutality, Cursing, and Medical content

bryelle's review against another edition

emotional inspiring 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? Yes

5.0

I love this play. Being able to read about Jonathan Larson, the cast, and crew is so amazing. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Homophobia

syrianna_'s review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad 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

3.5

kits_little_library's review against another edition

4.0

I'm a huge RENT Head and I loved reading this. Learning more about Jonathan, the ideas behind RENT, reading about it going from a modern day La Boheme to more than that, and then learning about all the personal touches within the musical (the stories, the characters, the lines, etc) was really awesome.

I decided to listen to RENT while I read this and when I got to the lyrics part I listened to it again and it was really awesome to see how some songs p/lines changed a bit and see the stage notes come to life (I was watching the filmed live on Broadway version).

Just really loved this.

s_books's review against another edition

3.0

Goes into the making of RENT and it's composer, Jonathan Larson. Parts of the book are slightly dated as some things are mentioned in present tense and the book was first published in 1997. It's a good souvenir for any fan of the musical.

allonsyalexa's review against another edition

5.0

Seasons of Love is not the only great song in this musical!

maggiecn's review against another edition

4.0

The Rent Bible. A must-have for Rentheads. I love immersing myself in this book. It has gorgeous photos and the full libretto, as well as much, much more. There's so much information in here. I adored this show from the moment I heard "Seasons of Love" for the first time. I was lucky enough to see it during two different national tours, one with Adam Pascal and Anthony Rapp. In my sophomore year of high school, I was on stage crew for our school production of the show, which remains one of my favorite shows I've ever worked on. With the show no longer on Broadway or touring, spending some time with this book is one of the best ways to get to know this show again.

dontsaycat's review

4.0

L'introduzione è interessante ma purtroppo chiude troppo in fretta senza approfondire il processo della creazione di Rent.
Curiosa l'edizione Kindle vettorizzata che rende le liriche gradevoli per schermi di diversa grandezza: il risultato finale, nonostante in alcuni casi il testo risulti molto piccolo, è buono.
Sul libretto c'è poco da dire, Rent _è_ e questo basta. :)