Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

Król Edyp by Sophocles

8 reviews

peachani's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror and Grief

Moderate: Blood, Ableism, Deportation, Injury/Injury detail, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Murder, Pregnancy, Violence, Abandonment, Animal death, Car accident, Child abuse, Classism, Incest, Death, and Death of parent

henrygravesprince's review against another edition

challenging dark fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest, Suicide, and Death

Moderate: Murder and Death of parent

Minor: Gore and Self harm

gabriella_'s review against another edition

tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.25

somebody slam the breaks please

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Incest, Body horror, Death of parent, and Grief

katariinatoivanen's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent, Incest, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Abandonment, Slavery, and Murder

lizgom's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

I haven't read a lot of classical Greek and know the disney version of Hercules so you can imagine what a ride I had reading this. I genuinely feel sorry for this Greek hero. His journey is crazy and f*d up. Since the beginning of the play you have this sense of doom. I feel sad that Oedipus is a lost cause and I constantly felt a need to help this tragic fictional man. Oedipus seems like the only character kept in the dark about the situation he's in. He's condemned to kill his father and sleep with his mother and he leaves his "homeland" to avoid that fate. Little did he know, he's adopted and ends up killing his father in a quarrel and defeats a sphinx and ends up marrying his mother (not knowing she's his real mother lol). This story made so angry. I was constantly wanting something good to happen to this man. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Incest, and Suicide

Moderate: Murder, Death, and Self harm

Minor: Death of parent

strange's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Gore, Incest, and Suicide

Moderate: Violence, Murder, and Grief

Minor: Slavery, Death of parent, and Abandonment

abby_reads_books's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Death of parent, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, and Violence

bwaymadeline's review against another edition

dark emotional tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Minor: Death of parent and Suicide