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4.01 AVERAGE
4.01 AVERAGE
Quick, women-centered read - just what I was looking for. Heavy handed but all in good fun. YA vibes
women of shakespeare
what if they took back their tale
retold with power
what if they took back their tale
retold with power
dark
emotional
reflective
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
challenging
reflective
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
emotional
funny
hopeful
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Enter the Body
“Of course we have choices. But you make it sound like if we were just smarter, then the entire patriarchal system built up around us wouldn’t be able to hold us back. Sometimes you make all the right choices and shitty things still happen.”
This book was amazing! In a trap door beneath a theater, Shakespeare’s dead heroines (and pretty much all of the women brutally unalived in his plays) gather together and rewrite their stories on their terms.
The story focuses on some of the heaviest hitters throughout Shakespeare - Juliet, Ophelia, Cordelia, and Lavinia. Filled to the brim with themes of love, father-daughter relationships, brutality towards women, the concept of choice, and bonus Shakespearean literary/general poetry analysis, if I could force everyone to read this, I would! It’s also a YA so I think it should be required reading for young girls.
Double and triple bonus, some of it is written on iambic pentameter, and also the voice acting for the audio is great. She also uses phrases like, “Who hurt you??” Extremely thoughtful and honest about the experience of being a woman while also clever and hilarious.
Thanks to Libro.fm for my ALC.
“Of course we have choices. But you make it sound like if we were just smarter, then the entire patriarchal system built up around us wouldn’t be able to hold us back. Sometimes you make all the right choices and shitty things still happen.”
This book was amazing! In a trap door beneath a theater, Shakespeare’s dead heroines (and pretty much all of the women brutally unalived in his plays) gather together and rewrite their stories on their terms.
The story focuses on some of the heaviest hitters throughout Shakespeare - Juliet, Ophelia, Cordelia, and Lavinia. Filled to the brim with themes of love, father-daughter relationships, brutality towards women, the concept of choice, and bonus Shakespearean literary/general poetry analysis, if I could force everyone to read this, I would! It’s also a YA so I think it should be required reading for young girls.
Double and triple bonus, some of it is written on iambic pentameter, and also the voice acting for the audio is great. She also uses phrases like, “Who hurt you??” Extremely thoughtful and honest about the experience of being a woman while also clever and hilarious.
Thanks to Libro.fm for my ALC.
challenging
dark
inspiring
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
N/A
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
reflective
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Female characters from Shakespearean plays tell their own version of their stories…
dark
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated