Reviews tagging 'Death'

Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare

111 reviews

david_slack110507's review against another edition

2.5

dark mysterious sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Grief, Suicide attempt, Murder

Moderate: Sexism, Sexual content, Violence, Abandonment

Minor: Emotional abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Pandemic/Epidemic

elspethmigliore's review against another edition

2.5

adventurous dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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it’s not that i don’t like shakespeare, because i love him. his writing is genius and i appreciate mostly all of it. the only reason i couldn’t stand this was because romeo and juliet are some of the most insufferable characters i have ever read about. i absolutely am in awe of their annoyingness. despite this, the point was made very clear and i really did like the story. 

i might reread but probably not ☑️

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug use, Gore, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Suicide attempt, Murder, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Alcohol

Minor: Death of parent

abby25's review against another edition

1.0

sad slow-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: No

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child death, Cursing, Death, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Blood, Grief

kwichris's review against another edition

3.0

dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence

anastasia_raf's review against another edition

2.75

fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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I read Romeo and Juliet because I wanted to see what all the fuss is about... 
I get the "hype" surrounding it, and I imagine it was original and singular in its era... But I barely enjoyed it.

 It had some pretty beautiful and lyrical writing in it, and yet so many problematic themes and sentences as well. But as the format I read mentioned, it's not an "unscathed" representation of his work; it has been polished, changed, misrepresented, misunderstood and even experimented with in the theatre.
So I guess, we really cannot know "what the poet was trying to say."

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Death, Misogyny, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Grief, Suicide attempt, Murder

Minor: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Death of parent

some_random_person_hi's review against another edition

4.75

challenging emotional sad tense 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

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The only reason this isn't 5 stars is some unchallenged content that can be largely attributed to societal views at time of publication. Everything else is just too good. The language can be hard to understand at times but the themes, imagery used, references to other parts of the text, characters, language (when you take time to understand it) and rlly good execution of a tragedy arc outshine that. I am so in love with this book omg.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Grief, Abandonment

Moderate: Misogyny, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Blood, Suicide attempt

Minor: Transphobia, Death of parent

ella7211's review against another edition

2.5

emotional funny sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexism, Suicide

sarahww's review against another edition

3.0

dark emotional sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Suicide, Murder

ran_sophia's review against another edition

1.0

challenging sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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The play was written as a poem, and it didn't suit me. I wasn't very impressed with the writing and narration style. Generally, I didn't enjoy the book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Suicide, Violence

Moderate: Child death, Blood

Minor: Misogyny, Sexism

sveta's review against another edition

3.75

dark emotional funny hopeful reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence

Minor: Sexual content, Suicide attempt, Murder