danilanglie 's review for:

Love's Labor's Lost by William Shakespeare

3.0

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Not one of my favorites. I feel like the entire point of this play is the word-play. Obviously Shakespeare has a gift with language, and there were a lot of fantastic turns of phrase throughout this novel. But when all is said and done, I wanted more of a plot to ground the cleverness in. The concept of this play, that the men are going to abstain from women for a year, is poorly explored. We don't see them struggling with it in the abstract, because instantly four women come along who are perfect for them, so we understand why they would break the oath. It just doesn't feel earned.

But yeah. There was lots of word-play and some great puns, so I still had a good time reading!