aislingmoconnell's review against another edition
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
empross's review
sad
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
3.0
zav's review
emotional
sad
tense
slow-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
3.75
shaunaxx's review against another edition
2.0
It wasn’t bad for any particular reason it just didn’t really make me think wow this is a great drama and I wasn’t overly invested in the story
sloph's review
3.0
The characters are well put together and the writing style is interesting. The ending was shocking, it is very short but a lot of things happen, the ordinary life of rural ireland has never been so compelling and has left you wondering what is going to happen.
This is different to what i normally read but it was part of my A level english literature set text. I think that it is good and I would read it again in my own time.
This is different to what i normally read but it was part of my A level english literature set text. I think that it is good and I would read it again in my own time.
kristine's review
3.0
This was an extra reading assignment in college. It was an interesting take on family, religion, and Irish traditions.
josiemac's review
4.0
Quietly compelling, Friel's work is haunted both by pastoral histories steeped in nostalgia and the insidious affects of late Modernist futures. In Dancing at Lughnasa, these preoccupations are threaded gorgeously into the domestic relations between his characters.