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Romeo and Juliet

William Shakespeare

3.5 AVERAGE

aislingmccann's review against another edition

5.0

Did it for english lit. This is 100% not a love story. I will not take arguments.

bonnybonnybooks's review against another edition

4.0

I can't believe it took me this long to read Romeo & Juliet. That's because we read A Midsummer Night's Dream in 9th grade instead, which I think was probably for the best. So, R&J is one of the more readable of Shakespeare's plays and it has a lot of great lines. But it is basically one idiotic act after another. Especially basically anything that Romeo ever does, ever. He is a whiny emo kid, but not in an awesome way like Hamlet (who might have been the original emo prince, but was kind of badass in the way he went about it). Instead, he is a whiny emo kid in the I-Keep-Threatening-To-Kill-Myself-Whenever-The-Smallest-Thing-Goes-Wrong way. Way to be melodramatic, Romeo.

But, to prove that Shakespeare is indeed THE Bard, he did give us these immortal words, the best exchange in R&J:

ABRAHAM: Do you bite your thumb at us, sir?

SAMPSON: I do bite my thumb, sir.

ABRAHAM: Do you bite your thumb at us, sir?

SAMPSON [Aside to Gregory.:]: Is the law of our side, if I say ay?

GREGORY [Aside to Sampson.:]: No.

SAMPSON: No, sir, I do not bite my thumb at you, sir, but I bite my thumb, sir.

GREGORY: Do you quarrel, sir?

ABRAHAM: Quarrel sir! no, sir.

And you thought I was going to say the famous balcony scene, right? NO! This is way better.

kaisetic's review against another edition

3.0

If I'm honest, Mercutio was the best part of the play for me.

jisungstark's review against another edition

2.0

Si Julieta le decía a Romeo sobre su plan y si él esperaba 5 minutos más, ninguno de los dos hubieran muerto

memeeee1333's review against another edition

4.0

emotional hopeful sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: N/A

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

I gave this book a 4-star rating because it was a good book about Romeo and Juliet falling in love with one another. After all, the conflict between their family leads them to upcoming consequences. As their parents don't accept a difference between their opposing situations. However, it could have been less exaggerated and more of a realistic story because of the unrealistic ending and what their love is led to.

However, I think the actions that led the characters to their love were acceptable because they demonstrated the strong love they had for each other, and the outcomes that were going to be resulted because of the powerful love they connected for each other.