561 reviews for:

For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide/When the Rainbow is Enuf

Ntozake Shange

4.29 AVERAGE

katzenfrau18's review against another edition

4.0

dark emotional medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: N/A

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Domestic abuse, Mental illness

sakoantonyan's review against another edition

3.0

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so that last scene was a lot!

adrisee's review against another edition

4.0

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I'm not the biggest poetry reader, but I found this piece moving.

coldairballoons's review against another edition

5.0

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i loved this — the poetry of it makes it flow so beautifully, and even just reading it, i had so many ideas for directing.

katierourke's review against another edition

4.0

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

shanyeahh's review against another edition

4.25

challenging inspiring sad tense fast-paced

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

stelliwithabookie's review against another edition

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this was the last play i read in my african american literature class
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i remember absolutely nothing. only the tyler perry movie and that ISN'T A GOOD THING

katiel_144's review against another edition

4.0

dark emotional reflective fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Infidelity, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual violence, Violence

Moderate: Child abuse, Rape, Abortion, Sexual harassment

Minor: Homophobia

queenkoko's review against another edition

3.0

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I finally got around to reading this. There are some really powerful poems in this, the imagery is amazing, however the intentional grammar mistakes infuriated me. Still a good read though.

ohhiitslauren's review against another edition

5.0

emotional reflective fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes