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Titus Andronicus by William Shakespeare

37 reviews

hunterofdaisies's review against another edition

challenging dark 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Rape, Violence, Cannibalism, and Murder

Moderate: Child death, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Self harm, Sexism, Slavery, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

moonlight_musings's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-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? No

4.5

Shakespeare's writing continues blow me away with each play of his that I read. The dialogue and monologues are beautiful, and the violence and tragedy creates the perfect tense atmosphere that kept me hooked throughout the story.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Racism, Violence, and Cannibalism

Moderate: Rape and War

kibbles15's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

3.0

This play definitely shows the downward spiral that comes from the cycle of revenge.  As always with Shakespeare, the writing is well done and has many underlying messages. That being said, it is a very bloody story including multiple murders, infidelity, cannibalism, and rape.  Be warned, the rape while not "shown" is very intense and heart breaking. I originally started listening to the audio full cast version; but I had switch to the kindle version because it got a bit too real for me.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Violence, and Murder

Minor: Infidelity, Racial slurs, and Racism

Concerning the rape

The main character's daughter is viciously raped and ravaged and then her tongue and hands are cut off.

It was very hard to read and/or listen to. If this is something that is a trigger for you, do not read this book.

tamlin_draper's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Rape, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Xenophobia

maddycarlier's review against another edition

challenging dark sad tense fast-paced

• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

jesus fuckign christ

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Death, Racism, Violence, and Grief

Moderate: Body horror, Gore, Rape, and Sexual assault

raye_charlie's review against another edition

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Racism, Sexism, Sexual assault, Violence, Blood, Grief, Cannibalism, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, and Rape

emma_s14's review against another edition

dark fast-paced

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

3.5

Was it a mess? yes. Was it entertaining? also yes. My lit teacher recommended this to me, and i’m happy she did. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Rape, Sexual assault, Violence, Cannibalism, and Murder

kygpub's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

this play is fucking exhausting. somehow, that is a good thing.

okay. to be frank, a lot of things about this suck. misogyny and racism run rampant. characters get put on stage without logic or justification (

what were lavinia and bassanius  even doing there?

). all but 3 of them have something utterly hateable about them. but i can't bring myself to hate the play itself. it's too interesting of a historical case study, too crafty in its machinations, too utterly outrageous in the lengths it is willing to go to elicit the reaction it desires. it's probably blasphemy to prefer this to the greats of tragedy, but i've never been a fan of supernatural horror and this fell right in my niche: overt classical references, revenges that actually come to fruition, and buckets upon buckets of blood. borders on too nasty for its own good (for other people i'm sure it crosses that line entirely); for me, it pulls enough punches to make it bearable—if, as i said, exhausting.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Rape, Violence, Blood, Cannibalism, Death of parent, and Murder

Minor: Pregnancy

pumathepanther's review against another edition

challenging dark tense fast-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexual assault, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Racism

megclaire's review against another edition

challenging dark sad tense 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body horror, Rape, Sexual assault, Violence, Cannibalism, and Murder