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Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? by Edward Albee
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it was ok
bookshelves: reviewed, historical-fiction, plays, audiobook, absurd

“I don’t have a sense of humor. I have a fine sense of the ridiculous but no sense of humor.”

I found this premise blatantly implausible: why would you STAY when the other couple start maliciously attacking each other??? There’s no way that would happen, right? Well, unless, of course, you’re being held hostage... which these two weren’t....





The writing is good though. Sharp and vicious and twisted.
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Reading Progress

July 27, 2020 – Started Reading
July 30, 2020 – Finished Reading
December 15, 2020 – Shelved

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Colleen I totally agree! The plot really needed a snowstorm or hurricane or something that would physically trap the younger couple with the older one. Because no real people would have put up with that nonsense for that long!


Akhtar Mirza Actually, they would stay because they are going through the (kind of) same experience themselves. They are staying because they are seeing their future. That is why, if you have noticed, the structure of dialogues of all the characters are alike.


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