2.66k reviews for:

The Tempest

William Shakespeare

3.64 AVERAGE

xavierprice's review against another edition

3.0

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Beautifully written, but bogged down by numerous, tedious sub-plots coupled with lack luster characters made for a very boring reading experience. Skip this one.

anisha_inkspill's review against another edition

4.0

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It was good to revisit this one again, each time these plays get easier to read. 

gondorsfinest's review against another edition

4.0

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One of those works I thought was unremarkable and unfunny before we actually played it. Now I'll always love Antonio and his "Giuliana" and their weird sword hilt innuendo. I'd swear on my life that there's nothing funnier than Miranda and Ferdinand being too distracted staring into each other's eyes to notice they keep packing and unpacking the same picnic basket . Trinculo, Stephano, Caliban and the silver glitter rubber fish still crack me up to this day.

Granted, my theatre group is full of comedic geniuses, but the source material is golden.
Goddamn it, Ol' Willy, you've done it again.

whimsically_ours's review against another edition

3.0

funny mysterious fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

firesignqueer's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous challenging funny medium-paced

cecifeli's review against another edition

3.75

adventurous reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

hercher's review against another edition

3.0

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Not one of the Bard's best.

lost_catcher_'s review against another edition

4.0

adventurous emotional funny fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

melanieboyer's review against another edition

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2016 -I recently decided that I need to read/listen to Shakespeare, of which I am shockingly ignorant. So when I was in bed with a headache, I put on a recording of The Tempest (currently on the new "channels" feature of the Audible app). I did read the summary in Roger Lancelyn Green's Tales from Shakespeare first. I'm not claiming that I got all the details or a full understanding, but as Andrew Kern says, who cares when the language is so beautiful?

is_luly's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous mysterious reflective fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: No