2.55k reviews for:

King Lear

William Shakespeare

3.78 AVERAGE

annebredrup's review against another edition

5.0

---

Quote: Humanity must perforce prey on itself,
Like monsters of the deep.

(Norwegian: Menneskeheten gyver løs på seg selv, som monstre fra dypet.)

melodye's review against another edition

2.75

challenging emotional sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

pepusreads's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-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

---

what's the point of this tragic life of ours?

kaylieb's review against another edition

5.0

dark tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

obtuse_angle's review against another edition

4.0

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

cj0712's review against another edition

4.0

---

Cordelia was in the right I won’t be convinced otherwise

divinacherie's review against another edition

4.5

dark reflective tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

asher__s's review against another edition

4.25

fast-paced

rodneywilliam's review against another edition

5.0

---

This is going to sound pretentious but I don't care, I just love the fact that I've grown into the kind of guy who casually reads Shakespeare. I used to fantasize about that back when his work was impenetrable to me, now here we are. I think that's pretty coool. 

My previous read of this had me focus on Cordilia's sisters and their near boundless cruelty. On this read Edmund stood out to me with his Machiavellian schemes and his gleeful sadism, brilliant. With that said Billy balanced different plots so brilliantly, how the move tandem yet mirror one another, glorious, truly, bravo 

gmcuriousgeorge's review against another edition

4.25

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes