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rose_belle's review against another edition
Quite a pleasant read compared to Blasted although still left me feeling physically ill but that’s okay because it’s also kind of poetic ??
flogcm's review
fast-paced
2.0
C'est bien écrit, mais les propos ne m'ont pas rejointe et ne sont pas venus me chercher. Si ce n'était pas pour l'école je n'aurais pas continué la lecture.
charliereadsalot's review against another edition
3.0
3 STARS
CW: suicidal ideation, cutting, swearing, drugs, mention of genocide & murder, mention of pedophilia & rape, suicide
Read this for one of my classes at university where we talk about the depiction of female "madness" in literature. I thought this play was very interesting, definitely hard to read at times due to the intense topics and themes. The formatting made it so much more interesting and I'm sure the discussion in class will be so as well. I am definitely curious how this is translated from page to stage, I did ruminate a little on how I would stage this play in a production as a director.
Generally, it's a little too chaotic for me to give it more than 3 stars though.
CW: suicidal ideation, cutting, swearing, drugs, mention of genocide & murder, mention of pedophilia & rape, suicide
Read this for one of my classes at university where we talk about the depiction of female "madness" in literature. I thought this play was very interesting, definitely hard to read at times due to the intense topics and themes. The formatting made it so much more interesting and I'm sure the discussion in class will be so as well. I am definitely curious how this is translated from page to stage, I did ruminate a little on how I would stage this play in a production as a director.
Generally, it's a little too chaotic for me to give it more than 3 stars though.
oratorat's review against another edition
dark
emotional
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
min3's review against another edition
reflective
sad
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
ollieanna's review against another edition
5.0
wow truly disturbing in the sense of being very relatable in such a way that i would gasp and think about myself and Sarah as having a lot in common.
it was moving and left me thinking about it for days, to wonder about Sarah and her thoughts and her writing, the way she conveys such emotion in such a format was eye opening for me.
it was moving and left me thinking about it for days, to wonder about Sarah and her thoughts and her writing, the way she conveys such emotion in such a format was eye opening for me.
emsemsems's review against another edition
4.0
I've wanted to read this for a while now . I'm glad I did because it was beautiful . I thought everything about it was perfect except for the bit when she talks about her time in the hospital . It wasn't bad, but everything was written so beautifully poetic - then it felt like she just lost her artistic hand/control - and started to narrate almost too conversationally/directly/casually about her experience there. It creates a kind of jarring effect because of that - and as a reader - it felt a bit like of a figurative form of 'disappointment'; or at least I feel like it creates that kind of experience for the reader. But she ends the play very beautifully with very little words of very big impact/effect(s). However, my favourite bits are from the beginning of the play. I enjoyed and really liked her use of repetition in the 'dialogues'/'monologues' (it's not clear whether if she was talking to herself or if she was speaking to someone else) on p.3.
charlibirb's review against another edition
5.0
An unpretentiously written insider's look into depression.