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Hamlet by William Shakespeare

36 reviews

darkty's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Brilliant. One of his best works, better than Romeo and Juliet. Yes I am biased

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Suicide, and Violence

Moderate: Physical abuse

Minor: Kidnapping

thatchickengirl23's review against another edition

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Grief, Death of parent, and Murder

kwichris's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death and Violence

rory_john14's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Mental illness, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, and War

Moderate: Infidelity

Minor: Incest, Misogyny, Sexism, and Gaslighting

reads_with_lauren's review against another edition

adventurous funny informative mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Didn’t expect to enjoy this as much as I did but maybe because it’s my second Shakespeare book it was more enjoyable. Also hamlet was a mood sometimes. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Blood, Death of parent, and Murder

Minor: Misogyny, Sexual content, Suicide, Violence, and Murder

m4rtt4's review against another edition

adventurous dark reflective tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

SO GOOD!!!
I first read Hamlet in high school 4 years ago and didn't really like it, now I read it again for university and.. wow. I can't believe I missed all those absolutely brilliant parts in my first read (16-yo me was quite dreading it). I've never been this entertained while reading a play, now I really get the gist of Shakespeare's fame.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Suicide and Death of parent

Minor: Misogyny

sapphic_swiftie's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Death of parent, and Murder

Moderate: Incest, Violence, Blood, and Grief

Minor: Misogyny

alannawithafada's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism and Violence

naiu_cs's review against another edition

challenging dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.25

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Content Warnings

Minor: Death, Suicide, Violence, Death of parent, and Murder

lizzye33's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Grief, Death of parent, and Murder

Moderate: Death, Eating disorder, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, and Blood

Minor: Child abuse, Self harm, Blood, Death of parent, Outing, Gaslighting, and Alcohol