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Still Star-Crossed
by Melinda Taub
Honestly, I probably wouldn’t have read this if the TV show hadn’t ended on a bit of cliffhanger. Some of the scenes still live in my head however many years later so I figured I’d try out the book.
It’s not amazing or groundbreaking, but it’s actually kind of fun if you don’t overthink it. It makes total sense to me that the feud wouldn’t actually end with Romeo and Juliet, and it’s good to see that feud fleshed out a bit. I also love that Taub keeps this set in “Shakespeare’s Verona” instead of a historically accurate Verona. My main criticism is that there’s too much telling instead of showing overall.
The book versions of some of the characters and their relationships with each other are surprisingly more interesting than their TV counterparts, but of course the reverse also applies.
It’s not amazing or groundbreaking, but it’s actually kind of fun if you don’t overthink it. It makes total sense to me that the feud wouldn’t actually end with Romeo and Juliet, and it’s good to see that feud fleshed out a bit. I also love that Taub keeps this set in “Shakespeare’s Verona” instead of a historically accurate Verona. My main criticism is that there’s too much telling instead of showing overall.
The book versions of some of the characters and their relationships with each other are surprisingly more interesting than their TV counterparts, but of course the reverse also applies.