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A review by laurinsreadthat
August: Osage County by Tracy Letts
2.0
I'd give this a 2.75 if I could
This was an interesting read. The characters have a lot to mine into and you could argue for ages what it was really about and why the characters do what they do / are who they are. But when you get right down to it, this is just a really messed up and perhaps fatally (literally in this case) flawed family. - Experiencing and going through life as best they can - but as a reader rather than a watcher of this play I think it then makes it hard to like any of them, there is some humour wrapped in this dark text and some great ideas about life in America for families who had it rough but achieved the American dream only for it not to be the dream they wanted in life at all in a way - and it makes it interesting to read and you can see where the award would have come from - but it doesn't necessarily make it likeable, so I'm giving it a 2.75, maybe the more I read this one, the more I will learn and gain from it but for now, it was okay but not quite up to the 'I liked it' standard on goodreads.
I did really like Karen's entrance and introduction - see comment below on why - it was quite the way to get introduced!
This was an interesting read. The characters have a lot to mine into and you could argue for ages what it was really about and why the characters do what they do / are who they are. But when you get right down to it, this is just a really messed up and perhaps fatally (literally in this case) flawed family. - Experiencing and going through life as best they can - but as a reader rather than a watcher of this play I think it then makes it hard to like any of them, there is some humour wrapped in this dark text and some great ideas about life in America for families who had it rough but achieved the American dream only for it not to be the dream they wanted in life at all in a way - and it makes it interesting to read and you can see where the award would have come from - but it doesn't necessarily make it likeable, so I'm giving it a 2.75, maybe the more I read this one, the more I will learn and gain from it but for now, it was okay but not quite up to the 'I liked it' standard on goodreads.
I did really like Karen's entrance and introduction - see comment below on why - it was quite the way to get introduced!