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King Lear

William Shakespeare

3.78 AVERAGE

dark emotional fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix

I liked:
- the drama
- the family relationships
- some wise phrases, such as "nothing will come from nothing", the Fool's riddles and a couple of others I can't remember right now

I disliked:
- how everyone was either crazy or dumb
- villainization of women

My edition also had the most useless footnotes. (I read the Three Tragedies bind-up.)

I'll never forget acting out the final scenes--with all of the deaths--on the lawn of my high school with my class. Almost all of us got to die, as happens at the end of a tragedy. It's an amazing play.

Does it only seem to me that Bill over-engineers?

A lot of characters.
Many of those being plain villains.
Goodies are mostly foolish and easily get desperate/frustrated.
A straightforward plot heavily decorated.
And why kill everyone?!

Gonna read the original epic/comedy.
dark emotional medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

I'll read it again and again .............

I set it aside for too long and now I just want to read other things. I’ll refresh my memory before reading Private Rites by reading a summary online. 
challenging dark sad medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

King Lear was jealous cause Cordelia was the only one serving cunt. 
dark tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes