For Colored Girls/Suicide by Ntozake Shange

For Colored Girls/Suicide

Ntozake Shange

62 pages • first pub 1975 (editions) user-added

fiction feminism play poetry challenging emotional reflective fast-paced

Description

From its inception in California in 1974 to its highly acclaimed critical success at Joseph Papp's Public Theater and on Broadway, the Obie Award-winning "for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf" has excited, inspire...

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Moods

emotional 89%
reflective 68%
challenging 56%
dark 51%
sad 45%
inspiring 36%
hopeful 28%
tense 26%
funny 10%
informative 5%
adventurous 2%

Pace

fast 55%
medium 37%
slow 6%

Plot- or character-driven?

Character: 61% | A mix: 16% | N/A: 14% | Plot: 6%

Strong character development?

It's complicated: 47% | N/A: 23% | Yes: 23% | No: 6%

Loveable characters?

Yes: 56% | It's complicated: 31% | N/A: 11%

Diverse cast of characters?

Yes: 80% | N/A: 11% | It's complicated: 5% | No: 3%

Flaws of characters a main focus?

Yes: 38% | It's complicated: 37% | N/A: 15% | No: 8%

Average rating

4.28

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