Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

Macbeth by William Shakespeare

17 reviews

jojo_'s review against another edition

3.5

adventurous dark mysterious fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Blood, Murder, War

Moderate: Child death, Mental illness, Misogyny, Suicide, Death of parent

Minor: Toxic relationship, Xenophobia, Antisemitism, Grief

finnickdeservedbetter's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Murder

Moderate: Suicide, Gaslighting

Minor: Death of parent

roadki77's review against another edition

4.25

dark funny mysterious tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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A notable piece from Shakespeare that isn't overly dramatized. Realistic human behaviors. Metaphors.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gaslighting, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

Minor: Cursing, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Police brutality, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual harassment

Some content warnings not to be taken literally, due to the time period the play is set in. Example: "police brutality" adjacent to atrocities the knights committed (specifically against Macduff's family).

kaetheluise_nckl's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Cursing, Death, Gore, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis

allisonshewfelt's review against another edition

4.0

dark funny tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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"By the pricking of my thumbs, something wicked this way comes." - second witch
"What, you egg!" - murderer
These are both so iconic but the egg one is better

I don't know why I always find Shakespeare funny but this book was quick and really funny. I definitely loved it more than romeo and juliet. One of my goals was to read more dark books and this is definitely really dark. The audiobook is so good too. I don't think I would have gotten through it without it. I thought it was interesting how Macbeth didn't originally want to kill Duncan but then ofc our psychopath Lady Macbeth is greedy af and talked him into it. But then as the play progresses, he's now the overconfident and greedy one and she's troubled with all the murders. Like girl you literally started this. Ok but Banquo's ghost haunting Macbeth was hilarious, everyone thought he was mentally sick. And then he literally starts killing everyone, including his friends, and I'm like sir are you alright? I can't wait to see the new movie like the cinematography looks amazing and denzel washington...

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Violence, Murder, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Death, Blood, War

Minor: Child death, Slavery, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent

mme_carton's review against another edition

3.75

challenging dark hopeful mysterious tense medium-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Misogyny, Sexism, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , War

ktxfin's review against another edition

4.25

adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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i read it for school and its the most ive enjoyed reading for school in a while. downside is my copy is annotated to hell and falling apart but oh well. lady macbeth milf

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Blood

Moderate: Death of parent

Minor: Child death