A review by sherbertwells
Spring Awakening by Frank Wedekind

dark emotional hopeful sad fast-paced

2.0

The famous fin-de-siècle children’s tragedy, remixed to take place in modern Britain. As it turns out, giving kids smartphones actually diminishes the tragedy of their bad decisions.

“HANS: Maybe in thirty years we’ll look back on this and it’ll seem stupid. But it’s beautiful now actually isn’t it. It’s all beautiful now” (73)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual content

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Child abuse, Physical abuse, Grief, Pregnancy, and Death

Minor: Drug use, Transphobia, Religious bigotry, Abortion, and Miscarriage