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Hamlet pulling random wild moves with no explanation is so fucking funny? Like, stabbing people, pulling out a recorder, talking to a skull, jumping in a grave with a body and some other dude? Holy shit man!

bigmeany_3's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

poppyharveyxoxo's review against another edition

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mysterious reflective fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

tarocannotread's review against another edition

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5.0

to read or not to read more shakespeare. that is the question.

I highly recommend the Russian adaptation from 1964 if you want to see this as a movie. By far the best adaptation i've seen so far. it's free on youtube.

glueeater's review against another edition

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dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.25

clancydavis's review against another edition

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5.0

I tried reading just the original text of Hamlet, but I got lost after Act I, Scene 2.

This SparkNote edition of the book is helpful in that it provides a modern, almost slang, translation. I would have liked some additional annotation, but this edition accomplished what it set out to do.

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