Reviews

Angels in America by Tony Kushner

mayaoracle's review against another edition

dark emotional funny inspiring reflective slow-paced

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

5.0

shoulberg's review

challenging dark emotional funny medium-paced

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

4.5

chlobookfilm12's review against another edition

adventurous medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

orestesfasting's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

With serious competition, possibly the greatest play of the 20th century. It’s rare to find a text that can make me belly laugh, cry and gasp all in one tube trip. The skill required to write a play like this, essentially the definitive play about the AIDS crisis, yet also a magical realist analysis of America, of faith, a deep dive into the psychology of one of the 20th c’s most interesting figures (Roy Cohn) that should sustain a whole play but that is instead one of six or seven threads, each as developed as the last. 

A play with huge hope for the future, even in a world that god has abandoned. That even in its indictment of god has such huge nuance in terms of faith, in terms of fate. The human cowardice in abandoning Pryor versus the human bravery of helping Cohn. The sheer isolation and yet the incredible comradeship. The inextricable American-ness, speaking in quotations, but also these quotations are camped, queered, and as everything veers off course is that bad? Is it damning? Or is it liberating? The angels don’t know. 

lilahs_literacy_corner's review against another edition

emotional funny inspiring lighthearted reflective sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.75

rettasbookshelf's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

ahobbitsreadinglist's review against another edition

challenging emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

rachthefletch's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

clara_0611's review against another edition

4.5

I litterally hate Louis with every fibre of my being. Absolute scum of the earth. 

bennettttttt's review against another edition

funny hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0