Reviews

Verona in Autumn by Tom Lloyd

saffyofthecakes's review against another edition

emotional hopeful tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

nix_reyn's review

adventurous dark sad medium-paced

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

3.0

andyourstruly's review

adventurous lighthearted

2.25

This book was Tom Lloyd's passion project, and you can tell that he had a lot of fun writing it.  For me, it was just a miss because it didn't feel like it said anything more.

Anyway, Romeo should have had a gun.

morganhhf's review

emotional tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No

3.5

luise96's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective tense 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Blood

sophieperi's review

adventurous slow-paced

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

4.0

leahgalvin's review

hopeful tense slow-paced

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

4.0

zooloo1983's review against another edition

5.0

I am going to start off this review and say, I am so not the intended reader of this book. I am of simple folk. I love action, ghosts, and easy words, but on occasion, I will dip my toe into something new. Something out of my comfort zone. Not going to lie this book took me longer than normal to read, and at one point I did wonder if I would finish it. But not for the reasons you might think.

The language and the eloquence of this book are beautiful. But at times it was beyond me and I had to concentrate on this book. I couldn’t be distracted and do you know what I was rewarded with such a gorgeous tale. What would happen if Romeo and Juliet lived? Like most people, this is one of my favourite Shakespeare works. (Othello is my favourite) so I wanted to snap this up when I heard what it was about. Who hasn’t imagined what life would be for our favourite star-crossed lovers if they had survived?

I was rewarded with a story of love, bravery, loss and growth. There was of course some action, come it’s a fighting Verona, but these characters were given a new dimension. New support which enabled them to be something much more than two people in love. They were hope, hope for what there is to come

I adored this book. I have to say it was worth the nights off and settling down to devour, I had the rare luxury to ignore everyone and everything and be transported back. This would be an amazing film, I don’t think that about every book I read, but, this definitely would be one I would love to watch play out. Of course in my head, everyone was from Baz Luhrmann’s film

danimarie96's review

adventurous emotional slow-paced

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

3.5

leenanorms's review

adventurous lighthearted relaxing slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0