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digililly's review against another edition
dark
emotional
sad
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.0
skyhigh_ky's review against another edition
4.0
This book actually made the story of Hamlet so much more interesting. Like, this girl completely blew me out of the water and it was such a fun and interesting story to read just because of the way Klein writes.
alijahgail's review against another edition
3.0
3.5*
Read this (alongside Hamlet) for an English class and I wasn’t going to add both of them on here but I enjoyed it very much that I had to!
Read this (alongside Hamlet) for an English class and I wasn’t going to add both of them on here but I enjoyed it very much that I had to!
persikan_05's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
piecewartenoch's review against another edition
4.0
Wunderschöner Schreibstil, einen fantastische Geschichte. Aber mit kleinen Längen.
broooe's review against another edition
4.0
When I first read the summary I was impatient to read this. Why? I have no clue. I've never read Hamlet before, and I only knew the basic outline of the story: Hamlet is a prince, his father is killed. Mom remarries guy who kills him, Hamlet see ghost of dad, ghost tells him to get revenge, hamlet goes crazy with revenge. But something about this book made me rush out to barns and noble and buy it.
I honestly hate this book for about 70% of it. It wasn't that I couldn't get into it, but it was the fact that Ophelia and Hamlet got together really quick, and then after they married he threw her away. I know this is suppose to be a tragedy, but really? Bipolar much.
I disliked Hamlet with a firey passion. Looks wise I liked him a lot. But personality, I hate hot and cold people. Either like her or dislike her, don't mess with her mind. Also the fact that he basically rushes her into marrage, then the next day disapears for awhile is... oh my god really? I was so utterly pissed at this book I almost gave up reading. And the fact that he couldn't even call her his wife when they were alone? Hamlet you asswipe. No wonder she "commits suicde".
The only thing that bugged me about Ophelia is that she's called a strong woman. But for most of the book she just mops around and whines about hamlet. Never actually saying anything to Hamlet, but only to Horatio (whom I loved since the begining).
Something about her going off to the Nunnery just makes me so sad, even though she was happy there, my heart was ripping apart. Because she lost so much and then had to deal with the Church people judging her.
The last page where Horatio comes back is one of my favorite scenes ever from any book. Like I cannot even explain how emotional I was over it. And I know there will be some of you who've read the book and read this and be like What the hell, that wasn't even that big of a deal. But it really touched me.
I honestly hate this book for about 70% of it. It wasn't that I couldn't get into it, but it was the fact that Ophelia and Hamlet got together really quick, and then after they married he threw her away. I know this is suppose to be a tragedy, but really? Bipolar much.
I disliked Hamlet with a firey passion. Looks wise I liked him a lot. But personality, I hate hot and cold people. Either like her or dislike her, don't mess with her mind. Also the fact that he basically rushes her into marrage, then the next day disapears for awhile is... oh my god really? I was so utterly pissed at this book I almost gave up reading. And the fact that he couldn't even call her his wife when they were alone? Hamlet you asswipe. No wonder she "commits suicde".
The only thing that bugged me about Ophelia is that she's called a strong woman. But for most of the book she just mops around and whines about hamlet. Never actually saying anything to Hamlet, but only to Horatio (whom I loved since the begining).
Something about her going off to the Nunnery just makes me so sad, even though she was happy there, my heart was ripping apart. Because she lost so much and then had to deal with the Church people judging her.
The last page where Horatio comes back is one of my favorite scenes ever from any book. Like I cannot even explain how emotional I was over it. And I know there will be some of you who've read the book and read this and be like What the hell, that wasn't even that big of a deal. But it really touched me.
kenziejo2121's review against another edition
5.0
Amazing, I love Hamlet and so this was a really cool take on the original story.
kssimpson's review against another edition
2.0
made sense until Polonius died. After that, it just felt forced. I'm sick of people trying to turn Shakespeare's tragic female characters into these ultra feminist roles. Don't get me wrong, I think there's room for that. Make Hamlet a woman. Gender swap Lady Macbeth and Macbeth. (By the way, productions that do things like that are genius!) But I don't really see the Ophelias and Juliets as being these characters that are meant for this kind of thing.
Also, Horatio/Ophelia endgame was confusing and didn't match his character.
My million dollar idea: Hamlet from the POV of Polonius.
Also, Horatio/Ophelia endgame was confusing and didn't match his character.
My million dollar idea: Hamlet from the POV of Polonius.