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amaras's review
dark
reflective
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
3.5
artytytyty's review against another edition
5.0
"We're animals! Why don't we behave like that... like beasts?! Is it that we love each other too safely, maybe? That we're secure? That we're too... civilized? Don't we ever hate one another?"
They're the loneliest people in the world, ugh
They're the loneliest people in the world, ugh
droo's review against another edition
4.0
Glad I read The Zoo Story first as a standalone then went back and read homelife. Not entirely sure why the playwright was convinced that the first act is necessary but it worked well for me to read it like this. Zoo Story is an easy 5 star play, Homelife would have been a great act in a great play but instead feels tacked on even when read through.
yuki_koh's review against another edition
5.0
I really enjoyed this. I couldn’t believe that he wrote Homelife and The Zoo Story almost decades apart. It’s wonderfully written and gives greater insight into The Zoo Story, which is a play I really enjoyed! Personally one of my favorites from this year’s reads.
chaoticbibliophile's review
4.0
As interesting as Homelife is, it doesn't hold a candle to At the Zoo, and I truly think it unnecessary as a prequel (although certainly entertaining) and as a fleshing-out of Peter's character. It's as if Albee is saying "See? See? This is how Peter is", but it's nothing that an attentive reading/seeing of At the Zoo cannot tell you.
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