A review by azieyosabor
Antigone by Sophocles

dark emotional fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

2.0

“all men make mistakes, but a good man yields when he knows his course is wrong, and repairs the evil. the only crime is pride.”

i feel the need to point out that i was FORCED into reading this book for a school assignment. i had NO motivation to read it, which made the reading experience quite awful. simply, keep this in mind while considering the low rating i gave this book.

to sum it up, antigone, the daughter of oedipus, loses both of her brothers in the thebes' civil war. the ruler of thebes, creon, decides to bury only one of her brothers, leaving the other to be publicly shamed and rot. this angers antigone, who takes it upon herself to bury and honor her brother, no matter the legal consequences.

while tragedies are often my genre of choice, GREEK tragedies, on the other hand, are not my cup of tea… i wouldn't have picked it up if it weren't for school. there's just something about it that i can't understand, and i have no interest in the topic whatsoever.

there were a few parts, phrases, and quotes that i enjoyed, as you'll see in the “highlights” section of this review. however, it's not a lot, as you'll see. i'll have to reread this book again soon for another class. hopefully, with a little more maturity, i'll have a different perspective on antigone and her story.

*full review on goodreads.*
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/6343791456