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Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead by Tom Stoppard

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tregina's review against another edition

5.0

Continuing my recent trend of rereading old favourites, I grabbed this battered paperback off the shelf today when I needed a break from all electronic devices for a while. One of very few plays that I enjoy reading almost as much as I enjoy watching (there is a story about a VHS copy of the Oldman/Roth movie when I was in high school and an accidental-taping-over that doesn't bear telling) thanks to its cheeky stage directions and asides. The wordplay is just as delightful every time I come back to it.

katiescogins's review against another edition

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funny reflective medium-paced

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

4.25

sophia_med's review against another edition

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dark funny fast-paced

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

4.0

mariavdl's review against another edition

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challenging dark funny mysterious

Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.0

trin's review against another edition

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3.0

Shockingly, I hadn’t read this before. And actually, what really surprised me about it was how creepy it was. I read it right before bed and ohhh, that was a mistake. Other than that, I’m afraid that I don’t have anything terribly interesting to say, at least not without sounding like a bad high school English essay. Shall I talk about fate? Wordplay? Metatextuality? Um. I don’t want to. I’m tired and my analyzers are broken. This tends to be the kind of time when unfortunately I utterly fail to be deep. But at least I liked this rather a lot more than [b: Waiting For Godot|17716|Waiting for Godot|Samuel Beckett|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1327910301s/17716.jpg|2635502].