thebluntbibliophile's review against another edition
- 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
5.0
Graphic: Death, Suicide attempt, and Suicide
Moderate: Dementia, Death of parent, Terminal illness, and Mental illness
Minor: Emotional abuse and Domestic abuse
waxwicks's review against another edition
- 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
4.0
Minor: Dementia and Suicide
loz1327's review against another edition
- 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
5.0
Moderate: Suicide, Suicide attempt, Dementia, and Suicidal thoughts
Minor: Death of parent and Death
literaryinluv's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
2nd time reading
Graphic: Mental illness, Self harm, Chronic illness, Infidelity, Dementia, and Car accident
Moderate: Toxic relationship, Death, Classism, Death of parent, and Suicide
Minor: Emotional abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Gaslighting, Grief, Suicide attempt, Child abuse, and Domestic abuse
bettyemanee's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Moderate: Dementia and Schizophrenia/Psychosis
Minor: Suicide and Suicidal thoughts
menomica's review against another edition
- 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
WILLY [turning on him now in an uncontrolled outburst]: I am not a dime a dozen! I am Willy Loman, and you are Biff Loman!
This play is so weird. I definitely think it would’ve been easier to appreciate as a play itself and not just the playbook (the score is pretty prominent throughout). There’s a lot happening and it switches time pretty often, so it’s a bit confusing sometimes to keep track of what’s going on.
Willy’s a looser!
Spoiler
I know the play literally ends with him dying by suicide he has depression throughout but still: LEWSER. 🤪Spoiler
the fact that he literally cheated on his wifeLinda was kinda sad cause she kept making excuses for her (cheating) man and I think that speaks to how wifes (especially of that era) we’re basically stuck with their husbands so they’d try to justify all their actions or whatever.
Graphic: Suicidal thoughts and Suicide
Moderate: Dementia and Infidelity
Spoiler
Willy’s not officially diagnosed with dementia, but he does present enough symptoms to the degree where I deadass was like, oh he has dementia and they’re just not saying dementia cause it’s the 40’s and they don’t have the proper vocabulary to articulate this yet» So I’m putting the tw there for ppl who don’t want to read about someone heavily displaying symptoms of dementiabrnineworms's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Perhaps if I’d seen Death of a Salesman performed instead of reading the script I’d have had a more profound experience. As it stands, I can give a noncommittal shrug and confess it said what Miller wanted it to say but it didn’t speak to me.Â
Moderate: Death of parent, Grief, Sexism, Ableism, Bullying, Car accident, Child abuse, Death, Dementia, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Misogyny, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Suicide, Toxic relationship, and Violence
Minor: Domestic abuse, Cursing, Fatphobia, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual content, Suicide attempt, Vomit, and War
tavijs's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Dementia, Suicide, and Suicide attempt
Minor: Death and Death of parent
coriblake's review against another edition
- 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
5.0
Graphic: Dementia and Infidelity
Moderate: Car accident, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Death, and Death of parent
diego133's review against another edition
- 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
5.0
Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Suicide attempt, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Car accident, Dementia, and Suicidal thoughts