Scan barcode
A review by mariakureads
The Tempest by William Shakespeare
adventurous
sad
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
It's been some years since I read Shakespeare and I honestly couldn't remember reading this one so I gave it a shot and for a short play, I found it to be slightly boring.
Maybe it's the pacing at the beginning but I found it to be messy and in some areas dull where in others slightly racist and pompous.
Granted that for the time the play was written the particulars I found to be racist were part of the every day and well within the time and language of the moment so I can gloss over it, the way that Shakespeare used instalust to gloss over a hasty rape attempt but this wasn't my favorite of the bard's work.
Granted I am glad to have read it, not to mark a book off, but to have a reference of what I'm labeling as a so-so book even from a great author like Shakespeare.
Maybe it's the pacing at the beginning but I found it to be messy and in some areas dull where in others slightly racist and pompous.
Granted that for the time the play was written the particulars I found to be racist were part of the every day and well within the time and language of the moment so I can gloss over it, the way that Shakespeare used instalust to gloss over a hasty rape attempt but this wasn't my favorite of the bard's work.
Granted I am glad to have read it, not to mark a book off, but to have a reference of what I'm labeling as a so-so book even from a great author like Shakespeare.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Confinement, Rape, and Colonisation