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3.96 AVERAGE
3.96 AVERAGE
challenging
dark
emotional
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Just cast as Polonius! Read through it once already, many many more times to go in the next couple months! So happy I get to be in this show I’ve loved for decades!
slow-paced
To be, or not to be—that is the question.
To be quite honest, the main reason I started reading this book was to get the meaning behind the references in my favorite book, I fell in love with hope.
Needless to say, I was disappointed to learn that Yorick was mentioned only once, while he was dead, since I started reading Hamlet primarily for Hamlet and Yorick in the first place.
Moving forward, I loved the story, and I particularly took a liking to Hamlet's character. I now know where Percy got all of his sass from. Also, yes, top comment: I ship Hamratio.
If possible, I won't hesitate to buy a ticket to an actual play, for I know I will absolutely be obsessed with such.
The way this book treats Hamlet's grief and consequent madness is just so appealing for some reason. AND WHEN I LEARNED THIS WAS WRITTEN NOT LONG AFTER SHAKESPEARE'S ONLY SON, HAMNET, DIED, MY JAW DROPPED.
At last, I can officially say I've read Shakespeare before high school, I suppose.
And so, my rating is:
4 / 5 ☆
To be quite honest, the main reason I started reading this book was to get the meaning behind the references in my favorite book, I fell in love with hope.
Needless to say, I was disappointed to learn that Yorick was mentioned only once, while he was dead, since I started reading Hamlet primarily for Hamlet and Yorick in the first place.
Moving forward, I loved the story, and I particularly took a liking to Hamlet's character. I now know where Percy got all of his sass from. Also, yes, top comment: I ship Hamratio.
If possible, I won't hesitate to buy a ticket to an actual play, for I know I will absolutely be obsessed with such.
The way this book treats Hamlet's grief and consequent madness is just so appealing for some reason. AND WHEN I LEARNED THIS WAS WRITTEN NOT LONG AFTER SHAKESPEARE'S ONLY SON, HAMNET, DIED, MY JAW DROPPED.
At last, I can officially say I've read Shakespeare before high school, I suppose.
And so, my rating is:
4 / 5 ☆
challenging
dark
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Content Warnings
Moderate: Death, Death of parent, Murder
A superbly dramatic omission to my reading canon rectified.
This was the first Shakespeare play I've read that wasn't for school. Which means I understood very little of it, and of course, completely missed all the allusions, symbolism, double entendres, most of the imagery and whatever else it is that we analyse in class.
Still, I do like this play. It has lovely lines that I'm sure I'm missing the deeper meaning of. (My favourite, the over-quoted "Doubt thou the stars are fire/Doubt that the sun doth move/Doubt truth to be a liar/But never doubt I love.") Also, the fact that most of the main characters die within about a page of each other amuses me way more than it should. The language also mostly goes completely over my head - I think I need to hear/see it performed to actually understand more of it. Which is a very good excuse to watch the RSC version of it, which is apparently airing around Christmas.
Still, I do like this play. It has lovely lines that I'm sure I'm missing the deeper meaning of. (My favourite, the over-quoted "Doubt thou the stars are fire/Doubt that the sun doth move/Doubt truth to be a liar/But never doubt I love.") Also, the fact that most of the main characters die within about a page of each other amuses me way more than it should. The language also mostly goes completely over my head - I think I need to hear/see it performed to actually understand more of it. Which is a very good excuse to watch the RSC version of it, which is apparently airing around Christmas.
dark
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes