Reviews

On Power by William Shakespeare

alanffm's review

1.0

I wasn't sure if this book deserved one or two stars, but after giving it some thought, I've decided to give it my one star rating of "avoid this garbage-waste-of-time at all costs". I'm not really sure what the publishers of this compilation were thinking when they put this into print (probably: "its Shakespeare, it has to sell"). The decision to throw in chunks of random passages from Shakespeare's works without context or explanation is simply baffling. As it is, a good portion of the passages which were used in this text have very little or nothing to do with "power", if only in the broadest of senses. I don't know what to say. This is arguably the most pitiful publishing and editorial work I have ever seen. The only good news is it's Shakespeare, so, every now and then you'll enjoy something (if you can decipher where it's from).

littlepanda's review

2.0

I really love Shakespeare but I thought that reading snippets of the play without the play as a whole is irrelevant. Especially if you are targeting the issue of power, you need to see the characters evolve together.