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nmanclsaxon's review against another edition
1.0
A glorification of suicide that ought to come with a heap of content warnings.
polydellamore's review against another edition
4.0
Es un libro corto, pero fuerte y directo. El haberlo leido mientras tenia una representación visual de forma paralela ayudó a sentir mayor conexión con lo que sucedía. Por lo mismo tuve un sentimiento de crudeza con respecto a los temas que trataba y como los tocaba, pero al mismo tiempo eso le daba realidad.
Definitivamente no es una lectura recomendada para cualquier persona, ya que podria desencadenar alguna crisis para personas que logren identificarse mucho con la protagonista.
Definitivamente no es una lectura recomendada para cualquier persona, ya que podria desencadenar alguna crisis para personas que logren identificarse mucho con la protagonista.
katie_batie's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
hetauuu's review against another edition
4.0
Painful, horrifying, bleak, yet charismatic, funny, in a morbid way. Nothing else can really be said here. Brutally honest.
loosegeese's review against another edition
4.0
Kane's last play is a doozie. 4.48 is supposed to be the time at which most suicides occur, and this work openly explores the experiences of a suicidal person. The work is an abstracted mindscape of an unnamed individual, disjunctive and non-linear, retaining very few of the conventions I associate with plays – three actors perform (at least three performed in the first performance listed in my copy), but no characters are given. Dialogue is, in a way, present,unattributed other than by the patterns of speech, and we observe interaction between the patient and the doctor's authority. We see a unique narrative consciousness that I think must leave the performers with so much freedom, while the tone of the work remains inevitable. It is difficult to read 4.48 Psychosis as anything but autobiographical, as Kane herself committed suicide at 28, but while the way may be a suicide note, it is anything but a cry for help. Instead, it is a unique exploration of the mind preparing for suicide, presented in a way I've never seen before. Unconforming and explosive, I hope to see it staged some day.
kegunther's review against another edition
5.0
Read this in daylight. Don't read it alone. But read it, by god, it's beautiful and terrifying.
eeegee1610's review against another edition
5.0
My next acting challenge.
Need to read it a couple more times to give it a proper review. It's a thought-provoking read though.
Need to read it a couple more times to give it a proper review. It's a thought-provoking read though.