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biorg's review against another edition
1.0
so fucking corny. why did i waste time reading this? the main character reads like the author's self insert - and an embarrassing one at that! yap yap yap. me and my homies would kill jimmy with hammers i'll tell you that much
norwester's review against another edition
dark
funny
tense
fast-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
jacobbou's review against another edition
emotional
reflective
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
3.5
cecicastro's review against another edition
read for 60s British New Wave and liked it so much I had to include it on here
bambooty's review
dark
emotional
reflective
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
2.5
roosh's review against another edition
funny
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
1.0
quaerentia's review against another edition
5.0
If you can't see why the communist dream was so compelling and exciting at the start, it is perhaps because life is too easy, blinkered or comfortable. Gerty is a credible, naive go-getter desperate to escape the stultifying atmosphere of her arid Cornish backwater by becoming a governess in Moscow. Almost immediately she finds herself swept up in the passion and then miasma of a far distant revolution that was never hers in the first place.
Decades later in London, widowed and dying, she writes her memoir of those days for her daughter, long grown up but unaware of the truth of those days. But as he goes through all her old papers and memories, she discovers some things of which even she had been unaware.
This is a brilliant, affecting novel, which wears its historical detail lightly but convincingly. It is fascinating to encounter such a diverse group of individuals, all similarly magnetized by the revolution yet for very different reasons. all trying to make it work. But what this book so subtly but thoroughly explores is how that archetypal of enlightenment projects consistently failed to take into account, not to respect, the basic humanness and humanity of its comrades.
Hobson has brought to life an at once exhilarating and terrifying moment in world history and placed us right at its heart. Fantastic writing.
Decades later in London, widowed and dying, she writes her memoir of those days for her daughter, long grown up but unaware of the truth of those days. But as he goes through all her old papers and memories, she discovers some things of which even she had been unaware.
This is a brilliant, affecting novel, which wears its historical detail lightly but convincingly. It is fascinating to encounter such a diverse group of individuals, all similarly magnetized by the revolution yet for very different reasons. all trying to make it work. But what this book so subtly but thoroughly explores is how that archetypal of enlightenment projects consistently failed to take into account, not to respect, the basic humanness and humanity of its comrades.
Hobson has brought to life an at once exhilarating and terrifying moment in world history and placed us right at its heart. Fantastic writing.
connorstory's review against another edition
This play contains the line, “You genuflecting sin jobber!” Which I guess is just about the most British way you could possibly insult a Catholic. The epitome of an Angry Young Man play. If anyone ever needs a good, pissed of five minute monologue, look no further than this play.