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58 reviews

The Three Theban Plays: Antigone, Oedipus the King, Oedipus at Colonus by Sophocles, Robert Fagles, Bernard Knox

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dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.75

if I was oedipus I would've simply had better luck. I would've simply not been doomed from my birth. 😁

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Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke by Eric LaRocca

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challenging dark sad fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

I find myself uncertain how to feel about this book: somehow it is not grotesque enough, while also relishing it the lashings of blood and other viscera it produces far too much.

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Belinda by Maria Edgeworth

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funny reflective medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

takes a profound and perturbing turn for the racist and antisemitic about two thirds of the way in.

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Perfume: The Story of a Murderer by Patrick Süskind

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challenging dark funny sad fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.75

sporadically good; a waft of flowers after rain

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Doctor Who: Twelve Doctors of Christmas by Gary Russell, Mike Tucker, Richard Dungworth, Colin Brake, Jacqueline Rayner, Scott Handcock

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adventurous emotional funny lighthearted fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

2.0

a very mixed Christmas stocking of a book: you got some chocolates, some cool presents and the occasional bruised orange, but overall I had a fun time, and recognise its very difficult to write something with the super engage mystery-adjacent format of a doctor who story in like. less than a novella amount of pages. 1, 3, 7, 8, 9 and 12's stuck out to me the most :]

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Doctor Who: The Feast of the Drowned by Stephen Cole

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adventurous dark emotional funny tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

so good in so many different ways: great concept! (sirens but they're big evil eels who are also incubating humans hell yeah) consequences in Rose's life and impact on those close to her! (tho not comfortable with how willfully dw authors mistreat Mickey :/) doctor rose angst !! and also dancing around feelings !!!

D'you think I don't want to go jumping into the Thames after Rose? You think I don't want to... [...] I do want to, and I didn't even see her clearly.

is tattooed into my brain matter they are deeply unwell about each other (delighted)

my only issues are the doctor felt a bit TOO quippy sometimes and that it felt like the complexity of the villain's plan spiralled out until it was like ?!?!?!?!? what is going on...

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Doctor Who: Only Human by Gareth Roberts

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adventurous emotional funny tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.75

definitely one of the better ones. doctor's voice was SO pitch perfect I could hear him and Rose was a delight and there was body horror so frankly. a win all around.

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