Reviews - Much Ado About Nothing

Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare

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This was my first Shakespeare work that I decided to read outside of school. I found it to be extremely easy to read, and very enjoyable. The characters were interesting, and quite humorous! Now, I'm going to binge the YouTube web series, "Nothing Much to Do."

cheshiresnickersnack's review against another edition

5.0

The title to ‘Much Ado about Nothing’ is a dirty double pun. One pun is that nothing can refer what a woman has between her legs, and another is that in Elizabethan England, ‘nothing’ was pronounced the same as ‘note-ing’, which also meant to prick a stringed instrument, and so the title could be read as ‘much ado about pricking’. But noting is also to take note of, and it is because Beatrice and Benedict spy on other people and take note of what they say that they end up being tricked into realizing that they are in love with one another, and it is because of Claudio and the prince take note of what Borachio and Margaret say to one another that much trouble occurs. So there is much ado about noting falsehoods, which are after all nothings, and there is much ado about who should prick who and, for the men at least, about those eternally desirable nothings.

I totally loved this play.

Dogberry, Beatrice, and Benedick are brilliant and funnier than an ape dressed in motley.

emi1yy_horrne's review against another edition

4.0

funny fast-paced

shakespearesgirl's review against another edition

5.0

Who doesn't love a sex comedy?

Well, actually, I'm sure there are some people who don't, but Shakespeare's wit and witticism make up for that fact. My entire family likes this particular sex comedy, and I can't recommend it highly enough.

This one just gets better every time I read it.

mdillon426's review against another edition

3.0

This play had so much going on! I think it’s so silly they still got married after dining out they’d been tricked, calling it a miracle, despite not loving each other. Also the reveal of the not-death and everyone celebrating the real-life virgin also made me cackle.

I think I still prefer a good Hamlet, but this was an enjoyable read!

nateatsbooks_'s review against another edition

4.0

had me giggling.. w shakesy p

og enemies to lovers and the banter was so cutie
might be bc this wasn’t really academic n b cc of anyone but u so i could imagine sydney sweeney n glen powell but… genuinely enjoyable read! booyah