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hunterofdaisies's review against another edition
challenging
funny
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
cjones16's review against another edition
3.0
I was pleasantly surprised by the play's modern feminist values but was left feeling nonplussed by the play's end.
m_h_'s review against another edition
challenging
funny
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Interesting because it's a problem play, very similar to Measure for Measure. Similar themes of broken promises and skirting the lines of legality and morality, plus, the bed-swapping trick appears again!
esorrell's review against another edition
3.0
Rounded this up but did genuinely draw out some genuine laughs. Lots of passages were just sort of strange and not sure if Shax just didn't care that Italy is not on the way to Spain from France. Rounded up cos I respect the dismissal of geography for this to work
marerick's review against another edition
3.0
Helena is in love with a man who wants NOTHING to do with her. So of course she forces him to marry her. Then when he goes to cheat on her she switches places with the other woman so he sleeps with Helena instead. Lol.
emmaemmaemmaemma's review against another edition
3.0
Eh. It was a fairly interesting plot, but the idea of it all “ending well” just because most of the characters got what they wanted in the beginning, rings a little hollow when you think about what the characters have to look forward to.
Like, was all really well in the end? Or is Helen gonna be mega salty that she put all this time and effort into winning a man who’s kinda a POS? Idk man. This one missed the mark for me.
I literally only marked down one exchange from this one, and it’s not spoken by any of the primary characters because most of them were kinda vapid and single minded.
Second lord: I will tell you a thing, but you shall let it dwell darkly with you.
First lord: When you have spoken it, ‘tis dead, and I am the grave of it.
Like, was all really well in the end? Or is Helen gonna be mega salty that she put all this time and effort into winning a man who’s kinda a POS? Idk man. This one missed the mark for me.
I literally only marked down one exchange from this one, and it’s not spoken by any of the primary characters because most of them were kinda vapid and single minded.
Second lord: I will tell you a thing, but you shall let it dwell darkly with you.
First lord: When you have spoken it, ‘tis dead, and I am the grave of it.