A review by mariakureads
CYRANO DE BERGERAC by Edmond Rostand
adventurous
sad
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
I had no idea this was a play until I started reading as I always thought of this as a novel but what a play.
Cyrano is everything I didn't realize I needed right now as there's different elements that caught my attention, kept me reading at a slower pace to keep up with the older English but I was captivated by it.
It's a short play that has a full cast of characters each with a different voice and tone and having read this play, it's nice to see the intro at the beginning to set the scene and it let my imagination run.
As a play, I'm sure seeing this would be beautiful but as I'm reading it, unlike a novel, there is not a lot for characterizations or world building and maybe that's reflective of the time in which it was written that Rostand didn't feel a need to include so I used past film adaptations to help my imagination but other than that, this was a great read.
Cyrano is everything I didn't realize I needed right now as there's different elements that caught my attention, kept me reading at a slower pace to keep up with the older English but I was captivated by it.
It's a short play that has a full cast of characters each with a different voice and tone and having read this play, it's nice to see the intro at the beginning to set the scene and it let my imagination run.
As a play, I'm sure seeing this would be beautiful but as I'm reading it, unlike a novel, there is not a lot for characterizations or world building and maybe that's reflective of the time in which it was written that Rostand didn't feel a need to include so I used past film adaptations to help my imagination but other than that, this was a great read.