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wickerchicken's review against another edition
4.0
Yikes!
King Lear‘s ego is way too fragile! The first second he thinks his favorite daughter doesn’t love him as much as the others he banishes her! Touchy!
To be fair I’m very biased since I’m named for Cordelia.
King Lear‘s ego is way too fragile! The first second he thinks his favorite daughter doesn’t love him as much as the others he banishes her! Touchy!
To be fair I’m very biased since I’m named for Cordelia.
willandbeyond's review against another edition
5.0
After I started reading [b:Fool|3684856|Fool|Christopher Moore|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1222208510s/3684856.jpg|3793700], which is about the fool in King Lear's court, I should probably stop, and read King Lear first.
This is definitely one of my favorite Shakespeare pieces. Right up there with Hamlet in my top 2. Great tragedy, amazing story.
The Macmillan version is nice with all of the summaries/annotations on the left pages, and the play on the right. It's a much better way of doing it than keeping those all at the end of each scene/act/book because of how often I need to check things.
This is definitely one of my favorite Shakespeare pieces. Right up there with Hamlet in my top 2. Great tragedy, amazing story.
The Macmillan version is nice with all of the summaries/annotations on the left pages, and the play on the right. It's a much better way of doing it than keeping those all at the end of each scene/act/book because of how often I need to check things.
annaprins's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
reflective
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
matthewbald1's review against another edition
dark
reflective
sad
medium-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? Yes
4.75
emilyvictoria_'s review against another edition
dark
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
raechel's review against another edition
emotional
medium-paced
- 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
A classic for a reason! This is an excellent play about aging King Lear who divides his kingdom up amongst his daughters. I was surprised at how much I related to Cordelia.
mickeyangelvega's review against another edition
4.0
Finished this for my Shakespeare course. And I must say, this play, from me---based on my eating breakfast while yelling at the book right now, deserves a five stars. However, just when there was light at the end of the tunnel...I remembered this was a Shakespeare's TRAGEDY course and all my hopes for some of the characters I loved were dashed.