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4.01 AVERAGE
4.01 AVERAGE
lighthearted
reflective
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I love a re-imagining of a story AND novels in verse AND theatre, and all of that was in one book! McCullough beautifully envisions these young ladies and breathes life in to them when Shakespeare did not.
Content Warnings
Minor: Death, Gore, Rape, Blood, Injury/Injury detail
reflective
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
As an English lit nerd with a wariness of having to read Shakespeare in high school, I would have really loved this book as a teen. The writing was beautiful, and I loved how references were skillfully weaved into the narrative. The idea of the often forgotten and abused women of the bard hijacking the story to tell it from their perspective was very empowering. It is also interesting to remember that a lot of these women were actually children during the plays. These were TEENAGERS who wanted to fall in love and be loved, wanted a future, something to hope for. But at the end of the drama, the girl was always left broken. This books said what if it didn’t have to be that way? What if there was more for them? Some women chose to write the painful truths, while others chose to dream, a wonderful reflection of how real life girls choose to tell their stories. The writing was also so beautiful, and I liked the switch up of prose structures between characters. The idea of them all waiting under the trap door of the stage and their dialogue as lines in a script was also very clever and an ingenious way to apply historical facts to the narrative. Overall, a really nice read with an interesting premise. Another book I wish I had when I was 15.
An excellent take on the women of Shakespeare’s tragedies. Juliet, Ophelia, and Cordelia get to tell and then revise their stories.
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
hopeful
informative
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
dark
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
4.5/5
Got an audio arc from Libro.FM
I wasn’t sure I was going to like this, I was worried it was gonna be either girlbossy or shitting on Shakespeare and it wasn’t either of those. It’s a fast read and the audiobook especially is fun as it’s a full cast production with each of our pov characters having a different narrator. It’s funny, in the way that it says Shakespeare is timeless so these girls have picked up modern slang and use it to poke fun at each other. In that note; I wish that since they’ve picked up things like the word “horny” and the “sweet summer child” meme, Cordelia could’ve been allowed to use the terms aro/ace but I understand that even if you have access to those words, figuring out you are on those spectrums is hard when you’re not stuck in Shakespearean tragedy Groundhog Day.
I wish Lavinia had gotten to tell us about herself, her wants, her ideas a little more because her story is the one I’m least familiar with, but she gets to in the end, in her way, and I’ll take that
If your favorite song in Six the musical is the one at the end where they rewrite their stories and get to live, this is a book for you
Got an audio arc from Libro.FM
I wasn’t sure I was going to like this, I was worried it was gonna be either girlbossy or shitting on Shakespeare and it wasn’t either of those. It’s a fast read and the audiobook especially is fun as it’s a full cast production with each of our pov characters having a different narrator. It’s funny, in the way that it says Shakespeare is timeless so these girls have picked up modern slang and use it to poke fun at each other. In that note; I wish that since they’ve picked up things like the word “horny” and the “sweet summer child” meme, Cordelia could’ve been allowed to use the terms aro/ace but I understand that even if you have access to those words, figuring out you are on those spectrums is hard when you’re not stuck in Shakespearean tragedy Groundhog Day.
I wish Lavinia had gotten to tell us about herself, her wants, her ideas a little more because her story is the one I’m least familiar with, but she gets to in the end, in her way, and I’ll take that
If your favorite song in Six the musical is the one at the end where they rewrite their stories and get to live, this is a book for you