Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry

19 reviews

novella42's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful sad fast-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs and Racism

Moderate: Sexism, Grief, Abortion, Pregnancy, Alcohol, and Classism

Minor: Miscarriage, Violence, and Death of parent

crieraylas's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful reflective sad tense fast-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Grief, Alcohol, and Classism

Moderate: Death, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Homophobia, Slavery, Toxic relationship, Violence, Abortion, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Colonisation

Minor: Infidelity, Religious bigotry, Murder, and Sexual harassment

michaelion's review against another edition

emotional funny tense fast-paced

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

3.5

For once, sort of, the experience of the Youngers is not relevant to today. They bought a house for $4k. Somebody had to die for them to afford it. Meanwhile in this present day when most people family die they can't even afford to bury them. Everything else is pretty much the same though. Just called by different names now.

Lorraine Hansberry was definitely ahead of her time. 

This may have a higher rating if I actually saw it on stage instead of read / listened to it. I read it in pretty much one sitting to stay true to the theater experience – you can't pause a play, you have to sit through it – and it was still very moving and hooked my attention. But reading and listening to the play I'm sure doesn't compare to actually seeing and living it in the theater.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism, Death of parent, and Classism

Moderate: Confinement, Misogyny, Grief, Abortion, and Alcohol

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, Homophobia, Blood, and Colonisation

xkrille's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective 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

4.0

I read this for university, and I am so glad I did!

This was a great play to read. The characters were well-written and so were their emotions. You understood why they acted the way they did, said the things they said, thought the things they thought. 

I definitely recommend!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Racial slurs, and Racism

Moderate: Homophobia, Sexism, and Abortion

Minor: Death of parent

agatha_hopkins's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism and Alcohol

Moderate: Racism, Abortion, Cultural appropriation, and Classism

Minor: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Death, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Cultural appropriation, and Alcohol

shaunaxx's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny informative reflective fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Abortion, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Alcohol, and Colonisation

lovesarahmae's review against another edition

challenging hopeful inspiring medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs and Racism

Minor: Sexism, Abortion, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Alcohol

strange's review against another edition

challenging emotional 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

4.25

I loved this— there were some minor things that didn’t land for me but this is certainly one of the greatest classics I’ve read and my rating will probably improve with time 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism and Sexism

Moderate: Alcohol, Colonisation, and Classism

Minor: Homophobia, Abortion, and Death of parent

bitterseason's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Toxic relationship, and Classism

Minor: Alcoholism, Child death, Cursing, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Blood, Religious bigotry, Abortion, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

honeyvoiced's review against another edition

fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism

Moderate: Alcoholism and Toxic relationship

Minor: Abortion and Death of parent