A review by megelizabeth
Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare

dark emotional sad medium-paced

5.0

I can't believe it's taken me this long to finally read this - especially as I loved it so much and got so much more out of it than I expected to! I suppose because the story and its impact is already so well-known I thought it would be interesting to finally read the original, but actually it hit me so hard in terms of just what a heartbreaking portrayal of young love and bittersweet innocence it is. I can't really articulate why it had the effect on me it did, but I suppose it just scratched such an itch in my brain and really struck me how timeless a story it is (as Shakespeare's writings always are!). Definitely one I'm so excited to now read again and again!
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