What did you read this year?
Tim’s
average rating for
2023
4.1
4.1
Too mushy for me. An oddball little boy whose father died on 9/11 is the narrator and if you don't find him charming this simply won't work. For me charm has to be effortless to be successful. Here all the charm felt overly contrived.
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As is the case with the first two parts there is more crowd pleasing high drama than poetry. But he's beginning to develop a couple of the archetypes he will master so brilliantly later in his career - notably the purposeful wife who dominates her husband and the two-faced sneak set about bringing down those more powerful than he is. This is Richard the third, the most compelling character in this play and the focal point of his next work.
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