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William Shakespeare's Much ADO about Mean Girls
by Ian Doescher
I actually hate the movie Mean Girls, but I have to read every book Ian Doescher releases because that man is a freaking genius and gift to the world. Everything is better in Shakespearian verse and this book was no exception. Honestly, I nearly cried at the end. And it helped me realize something: I don't hate the story of Mean Girls as a whole, I hate watching girls being mean. In reading this book, I eliminated the "watching" factor, but Ian Doescher eliminated the basic white girl trash talk and replaced it with Shakespearean sophisticated trash talk, which is infinitely easier to handle. I LOVED this book and loved finding all of the classic "Doescher Easter Eggs" like multiple Hamilton references, nods to and quotes from other Shakespeare plays, and if you look at Cady's first lines at the start of each new scene, the last words in those lines all have something to do with feminism/women's rights. That last one was the most fun Easter egg to find because once I noticed the pattern, I had something to look for in each new scene. I loved this book and I highly recommend it to any Mean Girls fan, Shakespeare fan, or fans of both!