Reviews

Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead by Tom Stoppard

cas_sand's review against another edition

challenging funny slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No

4.75

megancortez's review against another edition

3.0

Interesting interrogation of background characters and "offstage" places but there were several disturbing moments of moral depravity that I was not the greatest fan of and felt out of place. All in all, I didn't hate it and I don't regret reading it but I would not likely ever read it again.

isobel_ruine's review against another edition

challenging funny reflective fast-paced

4.25

saturnate's review against another edition

funny reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? Yes

3.75

deadnotsleeping's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.75

unread's review against another edition

funny mysterious reflective

• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

nonetheless_she_read's review against another edition

5.0

Hilarious!

bradleyallen's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny lighthearted mysterious reflective fast-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? Yes

4.0

henrywintergf's review against another edition

challenging funny lighthearted reflective tense fast-paced

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

3.75

suvata's review against another edition

3.0

This is a very popular play written in the 1960s. From Shmoop: “The play cleverly re-interprets Shakespeare's Hamlet from the point of view of two minor characters: Rosencrantz and Guildenstern. The Laurel-and-Hardy-like pair are totally incidental to the action of Hamlet, subject to the whims of the King Claudius – who gets them to betray Hamlet – and then tricked by Hamlet into delivering a letter that condemns them to death.” Interesting though I think I didn’t understand a lot of it. Maybe a second reading is called for.