Reviews

Hamlet by William Shakespeare

yasminal4's review against another edition

dark emotional funny sad tense fast-paced

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

leah_rae13's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious slow-paced

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

2.75

margaery's review against another edition

3.0

Another over-rated Shakespeare play.

lizziee's review against another edition

challenging dark funny reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.5

w_eronika's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

4.0

maeva_xena's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense slow-paced

serenityseeker's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny reflective sad tense fast-paced

5.0

roeckitcody's review against another edition

4.0

maybe I will write a full review eventually? or a mini one. I quite enjoyed this.

phoberries's review against another edition

when i thought "to be or not to be" was some great philosophical question (which it is) but in the context of the play it's just hamlet contemplating whether or not to kill himself... real

mquinlan's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny medium-paced

5.0

Hamlet was the first Shakespeare I read that caused Shakespeare to “click” for me. I’ll never forget the feeling of reading this in 12th grade and the excitement I felt from “getting it.” However, this momentum was immediately lost because I was no longer an avid reader like I had been in the past. 

Fast forward almost 10 years, I’m back into reading and have been hitting a lot of classics. Hamlet was always in the back of my mind as the first classic I would revisit, especially after seeing The Northman and Hamlet (1948). But at the same time, I was a bit nervous it wouldn’t live up to the way I had remembered and my incessant rambling about Hamlet for the last 10 years wouldn’t feel justified. 

But it is justified. Hamlet is certainly my favorite Shakespeare, and might just be my favorite story ever told