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luckyreads08's review against another edition
dark
mysterious
reflective
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
eat_a_lemon's review against another edition
dark
funny
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
A strong story about a self-fulfilling prophecy and the failing of a man in ways he never could've predicted. It's short, well paced, surprisingly funny in the first half and builds into a dreadful, hopeless tragedy the further along you go. There's a nuanced mix of Oedipus' actions resulting in his knowledge of his transgressions, and his fate being entirely pre-determined, that it's interesting to consider if Oedipius' downfall was his fault or not.
It's like 55 pages in total and easy to read with the right translation (Don Taylor was very good), very worth the read.
It's like 55 pages in total and easy to read with the right translation (Don Taylor was very good), very worth the read.
krep___'s review against another edition
dark
emotional
sad
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
3.5
barbie357's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
slimeya's review against another edition
3.0
I had to read this for english. I don't really have any opinions on this book. It wasn't boring, I didn't like it nor did I dislike so I'm not sure how to rate it...
malus_pumila's review against another edition
"But now, since I chance to hold the power which once [Laius] held, and to have a marriage and a wife in common with him, and since had he not been unfortunate in respect of issue our children would have had one mother—but as things are he has been struck down by fortune; on account of this I shall fight for him as though he had been my father, and shall go to every length in searching for the author of the murder done upon the son of Labdacus"
i swear i could strangle sophocles for writing these lines
i swear i could strangle sophocles for writing these lines