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Hamlet by William Shakespeare

74 reviews

listette's review against another edition

challenging dark funny tense fast-paced

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

5.0

All the stars to the play! 

One of my all-time favorites from Shakespeare and an insanely entertaining and insightful play. Hamlet has some of the best witty remarks, hardest disses and just all-around masterful wordplays. To annotate the best parts would leave the whole book fully underlined. 

I recommend this to everyone. Especially to listen to or to actually watch the play (YouTube has some good ones, too!) 
I listened this fully dramatized and it is such a treat! 
(I don’t even mind that I needed to read this for school) 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Death of parent, and Murder

Moderate: Misogyny

1orne's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny reflective sad tense

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Misogyny, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Kidnapping, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Toxic friendship, and Sexual harassment

hello_lovely13's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Murder

Moderate: Misogyny, Grief, and Death of parent

goemonxiii's review against another edition

dark emotional funny reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

This is possibly the best book I've ever read. Something I do feel the need to say is that if you have a difficult relationship with your stepparent(s), this may be a difficult read for you. Although it was difficult for me personally to read, it was essential in overcoming my problems. I don't want to get too much into the "me" aspect of this play, but as hard as it was on me, I loved it and felt it was written specifically for me. Hamlet is a very enjoyable protagonist and this play is amazing.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Grief, Religious bigotry, and Death of parent

Minor: Sexual content and War

many people die, this is a seriously hard read if you have a difficult relationship with a stepparent

mezzoanddolce's review against another edition

dark emotional funny mysterious sad fast-paced

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

5.0

new favourite Shakespeare!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Suicide, Grief, and Death of parent

Moderate: Violence

jjek47's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad medium-paced

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

4.5

I was never really into Shakespeare plays because they were hard to understand. But I got to read this book in English senior year and had a lovely teacher who explained it to me. After he explained the plot and what was going on, I realized that Hamlet is an amazing play. 
One of the most relatable character in this play is Ophelia. I never understood her significance but when I read this play and my teacher explained how her fate was sealed and why she is so important, I just couldn't help but find a new found love for this book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, and Murder

draven_deathcrush's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.0

Read in my AP lit class. I'm edgy, and this play was lowkey too edgy for me, but the play was well written! I hated how fast the ending was though.

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Misogyny and Suicide

ms_moon1ight's review against another edition

challenging dark sad 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? Yes

5.0

I’ve been unhealthily obsessed with this play since I was fourteen and it’ll always remain one of my favourites

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Grief, and Death of parent

Moderate: Death and Mental illness

Minor: Suicide and Suicide attempt

esalan's review against another edition

challenging dark funny sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• 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 and Death of parent

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts and Murder

mangopassion555's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny reflective sad fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Death, Misogyny, Sexism, Violence, Death of parent, Murder, and Classism