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Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead by Tom Stoppard

saturnate's review

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funny reflective medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Loveable characters? Yes

3.75

deadnotsleeping's review

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challenging dark emotional funny mysterious tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.75

unread's review against another edition

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funny mysterious reflective
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

nonetheless_she_read's review

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5.0

Hilarious!

bradleyallen's review

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adventurous challenging dark emotional funny lighthearted mysterious reflective fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

henrywintergf's review

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challenging funny lighthearted reflective tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

suvata's review against another edition

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3.0

This is a very popular play written in the 1960s. From Shmoop: “The play cleverly re-interprets Shakespeare's Hamlet from the point of view of two minor characters: Rosencrantz and Guildenstern. The Laurel-and-Hardy-like pair are totally incidental to the action of Hamlet, subject to the whims of the King Claudius – who gets them to betray Hamlet – and then tricked by Hamlet into delivering a letter that condemns them to death.” Interesting though I think I didn’t understand a lot of it. Maybe a second reading is called for.

babsmith's review

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

3.75

that_little_drop_of_poison's review against another edition

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medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? N/A

4.0

bookish_bry's review

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

3.75

This was good. I think it fits into Hamlet well and thought the themes were very well done. 

May change my rating higher when I have the chance to read it physically or see a live show as I feel some things were lost in the audiobook.