As part of my research for finding monologues to perform in acting class this semester, Crimes of the Heart was one of the few where a monologue is spoken by a young female character (such a shame).
While it was an enjoyable read, I found the language spoken by the characters a little difficult to get used to. I couldn't quite put my finger but the way the sisters interacted with each other, and Babe's personality, didn't quite mesh well for me in most scenes. Though I enjoyed how each sister was different, there wasn't much between the lines I find to be very interesting even though the circumstances for the family gathering are. The fifteen/twenty pages towards the ending had me keep reading, and it is a fitting ending for the play (ambiguous)...but most of the dialogue/circumstances felt like they could do with a bit more polishing.