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Titus Andronicus by William Shakespeare

21 reviews

andrea_95's review against another edition

challenging dark tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Cannibalism, and Murder

raye_charlie's review against another edition

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Sexual assault, Grief, Cannibalism, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Racism, Murder, Violence, and Sexism

Moderate: Racism, Rape, Racial slurs, and Physical abuse

emma_s14's review against another edition

dark fast-paced

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

3.5

Was it a mess? yes. Was it entertaining? also yes. My lit teacher recommended this to me, and i’m happy she did. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Cannibalism, Violence, Gore, Murder, Sexual assault, and Death

kygpub's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny sad tense 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? Yes

3.75

this play is fucking exhausting. somehow, that is a good thing.

okay. to be frank, a lot of things about this suck. misogyny and racism run rampant. characters get put on stage without logic or justification (

what were lavinia and bassanius  even doing there?

). all but 3 of them have something utterly hateable about them. but i can't bring myself to hate the play itself. it's too interesting of a historical case study, too crafty in its machinations, too utterly outrageous in the lengths it is willing to go to elicit the reaction it desires. it's probably blasphemy to prefer this to the greats of tragedy, but i've never been a fan of supernatural horror and this fell right in my niche: overt classical references, revenges that actually come to fruition, and buckets upon buckets of blood. borders on too nasty for its own good (for other people i'm sure it crosses that line entirely); for me, it pulls enough punches to make it bearable—if, as i said, exhausting.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death of parent, Misogyny, Violence, Rape, Gore, Cannibalism, Death, Murder, and Racial slurs

Minor: Pregnancy

megclaire's review against another edition

challenging dark sad tense fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body horror, Sexual assault, Violence, Rape, Cannibalism, and Murder

in_memoriam_bonnie's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

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

3.0

I’m not entirely sure how to feel about this. On the one hand, the way Shakespeare writes Black characters (particularly Aaron) plays into a lot of awful stereotypes. It moves far too fast for the gratuitous violence to have any real impact on a reader, but I’m sure that part is much more powerful as a performance. On the other hand however, this play contains one of my favorite comebacks in any piece of media ever. Act 4 scene 2 lines 75-76 in the edition I read. The language is witty and sharp. This definitely isn’t my least favorite Shakespeare play, but it’s also far from my favorite.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Cannibalism, Murder, and Racism

buzzcutduck's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark funny mysterious sad fast-paced

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

5.0

Absolutely deranged but honestly a slay. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cannibalism, Rape, Murder, Sexual violence, Racism, Gore, and Death

lifeasabookbutterfly's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense fast-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? It's complicated

5.0

so deranged???? so insane but might be up there in my top 3 Shakespeare plays???

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Sexual assault, Gore, Body horror, Animal cruelty, Cannibalism, Death, Rape, Death of parent, Blood, Sexual harassment, Racism, Sexual violence, Violence, Physical abuse, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

_christinadevin's review against another edition

dark funny sad fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cannibalism, Death, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Blood, Rape, and Murder

mtmarriott's review against another edition

challenging dark funny slow-paced

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

3.5

Classically not considered the best Shakespeare play but it does feature perhaps the first “yo mamma” joke in history so there’s that. I’d love to try and stage this one day.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Murder, and Cannibalism