Reviews tagging 'Suicide'

Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare

115 reviews

hvokey's review against another edition

emotional funny sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide and Death

Moderate: Violence

Minor: Misogyny

grimoiregrove's review against another edition

dark emotional sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide

monjure's review against another edition

dark fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

1.0

I hate Shakespeare.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Grief, Toxic relationship, Murder, and Suicide

c_lizziebeth's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

Let lips do what hands do— 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual harassment, Suicide, Death, and Child death

Moderate: Child abuse

jojo_'s review against another edition

emotional lighthearted fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Child death, Emotional abuse, Child abuse, Misogyny, and Murder

Moderate: Grief and Toxic relationship

Minor: Death of parent

whatbreeread's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

it took me a while (understatement) to get into this book because i quite frankly didn’t understand what i was reading and had to get reacquainted with old english (and the edition is have doesn’t have new english translations so that was a bit tedious)

but when i did get into i was having the time of my life. it was drama filled, action packed and emotional because it’s tragic af. and now that i read this i can now easier detect it’s impact on modern media even centuries later and that’s cool (and i finally understand what “wherefore art though romeo?” means so that’s cool too😭)

now would i d*e for love? absolutely not SAWRI. i though R&J was stupid for that😩. but also not? at least not romeo because if he didn’t unalive himself he would’ve d*ed anyway

all in all, the writing was beautiful and the story was great. all 5 stars were well deserved

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Suicide

ballslol's review against another edition

adventurous lighthearted sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

henyouise's review against another edition

challenging dark sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

1.5

Wow... this was not great. I remember not liking it the first time I read it almost 10 years ago but man this does not hold up. The writing is choppy at best and full of weird innuendos I had a hard time deciphering. I didn't like any of the characters. Juliet was my favorite I guess but that's because what she said made the most sense to me- like in a reading sense. It wasn't a riddle.
I'll stick with the ballet version of R&J.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Violence, Murder, Self harm, and Suicide

Moderate: Blood

Minor: Death of parent

debdeb123's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Suicidal thoughts, Child death, Death, Grief, and Suicide

toadlovesreading's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse and Suicide