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The Winter's Tale by William Shakespeare

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dlrosebyh's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional fast-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

My mission is to read every Shakespeare play before I turn eighteen, and that means going to thrift shops and finding plays or sonnets I have never heard before. 
 
I picked The Winter’s Tale as: 
  1. I love winter.
  2. It was the cheapest Shakespeare play available.
(But mostly the second one.)

If you know me, I’m not a huge fan of infidelity or anything that has something to do with that, but I had to give it a try. And it was amazing. The first three acts were my absolute favorite because I love an action punch. The last two acts were also good, but not as good.

(Exit, pursued by a bear.)
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therainbowshelf's review against another edition

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

2.0

I laughed when the king swore that the Oracle of Delphi lied about his wife not cheating on him, and his son immediately died. Otherwise, I hated this. The story is horrible, and I listened to the worse quality audio recording I’ve ever encountered. It sounded like someone put a tall mic in front of a stage and just ran the stage play. 😂 So hard to hear, except when they played loud trumped fanfares 😦 Admittedly, I mostly read this because I needed something older than 1800 and a Shakespeare play for two different reading challenges here on Storygraph. 
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