Reviews tagging 'Grief'

Hamlet by William Shakespeare

31 reviews

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

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

saucy_bookdragon's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious slow-paced

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

4.0

 Entering my Shakespeare era with this play about a guy gaslighting a little too close to the sun.

I've been thinking lately that I should read some more classics now that I'm long out of high school and am no longer forced against my will to read them. I found Libby has some full cast audiobooks of Shakespeare and so I may or may not listen to a few.

And honestly, that's the way to do it. Shakespeare wrote plays, not books. Therefore it hits different when you listen/watch it. I actually tried to read Hamlet back in my freshmen year of high school for a class and only got about halfway through. Listening to it I appreciated the story much more.

Shakespeare was the it girl, Hamlet is incredibly written, filled with metaphors and monologues that complicate the characters and a plot that makes you question what's going on. There really are many ways to interpret what's happening in Hamlet. It's kind a ye olden psychological thriller in that way, questioning every character's sanity as Hamlet himself spirals.

I don't really have many intelligent thoughts right now as I listened to it all not to long ago and need to do more research, but yeah if you've been wanting to try out Shakespeare, maybe try a full cast audiobook. It's actually quite entertaining. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Incest, Misogyny, Suicide, Grief, 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

roadki77's review against another edition

dark funny reflective tense slow-paced

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

3.75

A good work, but arguably much longer than need-be.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Infidelity, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Gaslighting

kiana_hi's review against another edition

dark reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Grief, Death of parent, and War

Moderate: Suicide

li_reading's review against another edition

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Misogyny, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Grief, Death of parent, and Murder

Moderate: Incest and Suicide

Minor: Violence

cleopeachtree's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Violence, Blood, Grief, War, and Classism

booksvi's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief

Moderate: Death, Emotional abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, and War

Minor: Violence

xenialuet's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad slow-paced

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

5.0

homeboy needs a hug, Ophelia deserved better and the boys are fucking gay

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Content Warnings

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