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Reviewed in Canada 🇨🇦 on February 24, 2019

McDonagh is an excellent scribe and this is so worth the read.
Delivery was incredibly fast. Product seems new, a bunch of dots of something sticky on the cover that don't wipe away but otherwise great.

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Manny

Great Quick Read

Reviewed in Canada 🇨🇦 on November 2, 2018

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A dark, twisted read. You'll finish it in one sitting. After you finish it, you'll spend all day after thinking about it.

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Chloé Manseau L.

One of my favourites

Reviewed in Canada 🇨🇦 on July 2, 2020

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Amazing book ! I highly suggest to anyone. Great story.

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Joseph M. Lauzon

Five Stars

Reviewed in Canada 🇨🇦 on June 15, 2015

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An audacious and engaging piece!

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Came with a sweet note!

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on February 1, 2023

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Thank you so much! I love the letter!

Nater3000

Be careful when buying the Kindle Version!

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on January 4, 2023

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I have no issues with the play itself, I have actually been enjoying it a lot. However the digital version of this book is an absolute mess. Small pages, clearly photocopied from someone’s physical version of the book, with edges of the next page taking up space on the current one make for an incredibly tedious read. When reading on my phone I had to zoom in just for it to be legible. Then I would have to zoom out, click an X in the top right corner, and only then could I flip to the next page. I realize this seems like a silly complaint for a otherwise quick and efficient way to read something, but when it’s this messy, it’s just frustrating. I would strongly recommend just waiting for a physical copy of the script and enjoying it that way, which I am sure would make for a much better experience. The two stars are entirely for the great quality of the play, and I would give the Kindle copy of the script one star for being a total mess.

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Bang Potential

This is my favorite thing that I've ever read.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on March 31, 2013

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Maybe I just ruined it for you, but seeing how, like many great things it succeeds on multiple levels, at least three; I don't think I did. How something can be so incredible and fly under my radar for so long is one of the things that would keep me up at night if anything could. The "In Bruges" writer/director gives large doses of the only two qualities I want: wit and profundity. The dialogue is superb, but even it takes a back seat to the overall depth and pure story that unfolds. I abhor gruesome things, but unlike a young B.E. Ellis a young M.M. spins the grotesqueness to achieve something more than just thoughtfulness about the pure shock of it.

I jumped on this because Adam on Filmspotting said it was amazing, so I owe him yet again. Please tell me something that reaches the heights (wrong word) of The Pillowman with anything close to the same economy and I'll read it immediately. I'm almost glad I read this instead of seeing the play because I had time to stop and laugh out loud, and some remove from the intensity. NOTE: I read this in two sittings, 1/3 first and then the rest the next night; I assume this had a positive effect and ensured substantial immersion.

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andsonsandsons

Like "In Bruges"? You'll like this.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on June 26, 2012

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Martin McDonagh's "The Pillowman" may not seem as thought out as his 'Irish' plays but it's incredibly enjoyable - either in production or on the page. You often get a sense reading it, that you could (if you wanted to, and had the collected works of Pinter and Beckett, and a DVD of Czech absurd theatre) write this yourself. Overall, it doesn't seem inspired. But there are inspired moments - little touches that McDonagh has probably been storing in a notebook. Like the alternative story of Hamlin, where a man chops off a boys ears ( - thereby saving him from the Pied Piper).
The setting in a police interrogation room can be interpreted as fantastical or nondescript - it's particularly Kafka-esque. It's easy to take a lot of this play for granted, but at it's heart is a difficult relationship between two brothers.
If you liked the irreverent comedy and relationships of McDonagh's "In Bruges", you'll definitely enjoy this.

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keyuri bhanushali

The Pillowman is interesting play

Reviewed in India 🇮🇳 on August 23, 2018

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The Pillowman is interesting but indeed a darker play. I was sad after my first read.
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Though, I am stunned by the imaginative skills of the writer.
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I am amazed by the writer's love for his brother.
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Can your love for someone impose a death penalty on the loved one?
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Is torture the only fuel to ignite creativity
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Are geniuses inborn or made out of circumstances?
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Why is love not for all? It should be for all on the compassionate basis.
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Too many questions for which I have no answers.
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The Pillowman is worth reading. It flashes light on darker society which is openly hidden amongst us.

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Amazon Customer

Best play of the past 20 years

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on December 17, 2021

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This is the best play of the past 20 years.

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