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message 1: by Ana (new)

Ana Ruiz (annaruiz) | 47 comments Mod
Who is reading this? It seems to be a fun challenge!


message 2: by Appoline (new)

Appoline | 13 comments Mod
I'm reading it! I'm not a big fan of reading plays, but I'm enjoying it so far! I'll review it when i'm done!


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Appoline | 13 comments Mod
Well, I turned the last page 2 days ago, so here is what I thought of it!
( Be indulgent, I'm the least eloquent person in the world, and I read in English way better than I write in English) Spoilers inside, I guess?
First of all, I don't like plays. There is something about them which makes it complicated for me to enjoy them, probably because a play has to be seen, and I really believe you are missing something if you don't see the play , if you only read it (I don't really like watching plays either, but that's another story.)
But this play is a very clever play. It must be fascinating to study it in details.
The writing is clever and witty. The comebacks, rejoinders, verbal repartee, the play on words, the writing style of this dialogue is phenomenal. That's a sufficient reason to read this book, really. What I thought was really well done was that, indeed, the characters are smart, but they are not "more-than-life" clever, they are not " it's the playwright who had the whole day to think about what to answer to your insult speaking" clever, they are pretty realistic, but you still think "wow, i wish i could talk like that".
The play, in my opinion, was always on the verge of being too exaggerated, in the way the characters are portrayed, or in the way the story develops, but it never was. ( I mean, objectively, It's very unlikely that something like that will happen the next time you have a drink with an acquaintance, but you can't say it can't happen, can you?)
The end is good too, you could tell something "terrible" was bound to happen, so the resolution of the play is not a big shock, but it's still surprising. I actually thought that they were going to leave the subject of the son unresolved.
The subject of the play is not very original in itself, but it is done in such a way that it will make you think/realize that there is nothing more uncommon that a nice conversation between a wife and her husband.
So I guess this play was a good short and incisive play, although not " life-changing", but maybe, next time I'll see 2 people in a relationship arguing on the subway, I will look at them slightly differently!


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