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4.01 AVERAGE
4.01 AVERAGE
I have read verse novels before and enjoyed them, but it will never be my preferred genre. I don't like novels written in the form of a script. So had, for me, an okay style and a not-at-all-okay style. I also could find nothing attractive in any of the characters, nothing that made me want to know them in the way they were presented here. Perhaps if I was a Shakespeare afficionado I would have found this an interesting take on these female roles in his plays, but I'm a person who enjoys going to Shakespeare but enoys it no more than any other play.
I loved EVERYTHING about this book. This will be one i revisit every couple of years for sure, it’s that good.
This is so much better than I would have thought it could be. I really would love to see some of the older women who were alluded to: desdemona and lady m I am here for you!!
dark
emotional
inspiring
reflective
sad
tense
medium-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:
No
Content Warnings
Graphic: Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Murder
Moderate: Misogyny, Suicide
Minor: Violence, Murder
dark
emotional
hopeful
reflective
sad
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
reflective
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
two stars - 2 ☆
i would write a proper rating for this, with a word count spanning into the thousands, however i did not percolate a single trait about this novel that secreted a single atom of interest. in this novel, strangely feminist and contemporary culminations of shakespeare's heroines converse on their shared hatred for the male gender binary, expressing a conceptuality that would not indeed exist for several continuous centuries. this narrative felt strange, displaced, almost complacent with the previously portrayed ideologies that these adored tragedies had set out for their readers to comprehend. this novel only earns an extra star, because it occasionally contained prose that was able to be properly comprehended without the inclusion of meandering and torturous pondering that ultimately lead to a uselessly insignificant metaphor. i do not personally believe that feminism is a statement that should be portrayed historically, nor should the values that were accepted as normality be shamed for their historical application. expanding the scope of a tale to contemporary fiction and inciting illogical rage comes off as brash and unintelligently bold, that in which this novel unfortunately reeks of.
i would write a proper rating for this, with a word count spanning into the thousands, however i did not percolate a single trait about this novel that secreted a single atom of interest. in this novel, strangely feminist and contemporary culminations of shakespeare's heroines converse on their shared hatred for the male gender binary, expressing a conceptuality that would not indeed exist for several continuous centuries. this narrative felt strange, displaced, almost complacent with the previously portrayed ideologies that these adored tragedies had set out for their readers to comprehend. this novel only earns an extra star, because it occasionally contained prose that was able to be properly comprehended without the inclusion of meandering and torturous pondering that ultimately lead to a uselessly insignificant metaphor. i do not personally believe that feminism is a statement that should be portrayed historically, nor should the values that were accepted as normality be shamed for their historical application. expanding the scope of a tale to contemporary fiction and inciting illogical rage comes off as brash and unintelligently bold, that in which this novel unfortunately reeks of.
Absolutely fantastic. As a woman (and a die-hard fan of Shakespeare's work since I was 11), this book means a lot to me. It's an embrace of agency and a reminder of my freedom. The poetry is fantastic and I love how it helped establish distinct voices for the characters.